Abstract
Today it is generally assumed that epistemic justification comes in degrees. The consequences, however, have not been adequately appreciated. In this paper we show that the assumption invalidates some venerable attacks on infinitism: once we accept that epistemic justification is gradual, an infinitist stance makes perfect sense. It is only without the assumption that infinitism runs into difficulties.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 183-193 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- probabilistic justification
- infinitism
- foundationalism
- conditional and unconditional probabilities
- COHERENCE
- BELIEF