Epistemic Justification

✍ Scribed by Richard Swinburne

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 271
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Richard Swinburne offers an original treatment of a question at the heart of epistemology: what makes a belief rational, or justified in holding? He maps the rival accounts of philosophers on epistemic justification (''internalist'' and ''externalist''), arguing that they are really accounts of different concepts. He distinguishes between synchronic justification (justification at a time) and diachronic justification (synchronic justification resulting from adequate investigation)--both internalist and externalist. He also argues that most kinds of justification are worth having because they are indicative of truth; however, it is only justification of internalist kinds that can guide a believer's actions. Swinburne goes on to show the usefulness of the probability calculus in elucidating how empirical evidence makes beliefs probably true.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1. Theories of Synchronic Justification......Page 18
2. Belief......Page 41
3. Probability......Page 65
4. The Criteria of Logical Probability......Page 83
5. Basicality......Page 138
6. The Value of Synchronic Justification......Page 161
7. The Value of Diachronic Justification......Page 174
8. Knowledge......Page 201
Appendix. Predictivism......Page 230
Additional Notes......Page 242
D......Page 268
K......Page 269
R......Page 270
Z......Page 271