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Justification without Awareness A Defense of Epistemic Externalism

Bergmann Michael
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk

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9780199275748
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
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560 gr
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241 mm
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161 mm
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22 mm
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P, 06
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Engelsk
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268

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Justification without Awareness A Defense of Epistemic Externalism

Bergmann Michael
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Well written, tightly argued and provocative, this superb book represents the best in current work in epistemology.

Peter Markie, Philosophical Quarterly

[this book] is intricate and precise, in some ways a model of how to engage analytically with a conceptual issue. It is a hard-working book, diligent and serious-minded. And it is professionally very aware, containing much discussion of other epistemologists' views...Epistemologists will read this book with much professional interest.

Stephen Hetherington, Mind Journal

In Justification Without Awareness, Bergmann offers both powerful criticisms of various internalist accounts of epistemic justification and a sustained exposition and defense of his own externalist alternative. It is one of the best books in epistemology that I have read over the past couple of decades and it is a must read for anyone seriously interested in the fundamental metaepistemological debates that dominate contemporary epistemology.

Richard Fumerton, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Virtually all philosophers agree that for a belief to be epistemically justified, it must satisfy certain conditions. Perhaps it must be supported by evidence. Or perhaps it must be reliably formed. Or perhaps there are some other 'good-making' features it must have. But does a belief's justification also require some sort of awareness of its good-making features? The answer to this question has been hotly contested in contemporary epistemology, creating a deep divide among its practitioners. Internalists insist that such awareness is required for justification whereas externalists insist that it isn't. The first part of Michael Bergmann's book argues that internalism faces an inescapable dilemma: either it leads to vicious regress problems and, ultimately, radical skepticism, or it is entirely unmotivated. The second part of the book begins by developing the author's own externalist theory of justification, one imposing both a proper function and a no-defeater requirement. Bergmann concludes by demonstrating the failure of two prominent critiques of externalism, namely, that it is infected with epistemic circularity and that it cannot respond adequately to skepticism. Together, the two parts of the book provide a decisive refutation of internalism and a sustained defense of externalism. Moreover, they do so while placing a high priority on making the author's opponents feel that their positions and objections are understood.
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Virtually all philosophers agree that for a belief to be epistemically justified, it must satisfy certain conditions. But does a belief's justification also require some sort of awareness of its good-making features? Dealing with this question, this book aims to offer a decisive refutation of internalism and a sustained defense of externalism.
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I. AGAINST INTERNALISM ; II. DEFENDING EXTERNALISM
A clear, definitive argument against all versions of internalism Full acknowledgement and discussion of rival views Essential reading for epistemologists
A clear, definitive argument against all versions of internalism Full acknowledgement and discussion of rival views Essential reading for epistemologists

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Well written, tightly argued and provocative, this superb book represents the best in current work in epistemology.

Peter Markie, Philosophical Quarterly

[this book] is intricate and precise, in some ways a model of how to engage analytically with a conceptual issue. It is a hard-working book, diligent and serious-minded. And it is professionally very aware, containing much discussion of other epistemologists' views...Epistemologists will read this book with much professional interest.

Stephen Hetherington, Mind Journal

In Justification Without Awareness, Bergmann offers both powerful criticisms of various internalist accounts of epistemic justification and a sustained exposition and defense of his own externalist alternative. It is one of the best books in epistemology that I have read over the past couple of decades and it is a must read for anyone seriously interested in the fundamental metaepistemological debates that dominate contemporary epistemology.

Richard Fumerton, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Virtually all philosophers agree that for a belief to be epistemically justified, it must satisfy certain conditions. Perhaps it must be supported by evidence. Or perhaps it must be reliably formed. Or perhaps there are some other 'good-making' features it must have. But does a belief's justification also require some sort of awareness of its good-making features? The answer to this question has been hotly contested in contemporary epistemology, creating a deep divide among its practitioners. Internalists insist that such awareness is required for justification whereas externalists insist that it isn't. The first part of Michael Bergmann's book argues that internalism faces an inescapable dilemma: either it leads to vicious regress problems and, ultimately, radical skepticism, or it is entirely unmotivated. The second part of the book begins by developing the author's own externalist theory of justification, one imposing both a proper function and a no-defeater requirement. Bergmann concludes by demonstrating the failure of two prominent critiques of externalism, namely, that it is infected with epistemic circularity and that it cannot respond adequately to skepticism. Together, the two parts of the book provide a decisive refutation of internalism and a sustained defense of externalism. Moreover, they do so while placing a high priority on making the author's opponents feel that their positions and objections are understood.
Les mer
Virtually all philosophers agree that for a belief to be epistemically justified, it must satisfy certain conditions. But does a belief's justification also require some sort of awareness of its good-making features? Dealing with this question, this book aims to offer a decisive refutation of internalism and a sustained defense of externalism.
Les mer
I. AGAINST INTERNALISM ; II. DEFENDING EXTERNALISM
A clear, definitive argument against all versions of internalism Full acknowledgement and discussion of rival views Essential reading for epistemologists
A clear, definitive argument against all versions of internalism Full acknowledgement and discussion of rival views Essential reading for epistemologists

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199275748
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
560 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
268

Forfatter
Bergmann Michael

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