Acta Structuralica

international journal for structuralist research

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Epistemic justification

its subjective and its objective ways

Wolfgang Spohn

pp. 3837-3856

Abstract

Objective standards for justification or for being a reason would be desirable, but inductive skepticism tells us that they cannot be presupposed. Rather, we have to start from subjective-relative notions of justification and of being a reason. The paper lays out the strategic options we have given this dilemma. The paper explains the requirements for this subject-relative notion and how they may be satisfied. Then it discusses four quite heterogeneous ways of providing more objective standards, which combine without guaranteeing complete success.

Publication details

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Bewersdorf Benjamin, Peijnenburg Jeanne (2018) Epistemic justification. Synthese 195 (9).

Pages: 3837-3856

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-017-1393-0

Full citation:

Spohn Wolfgang (2018) „Epistemic justification: its subjective and its objective ways“. Synthese 195 (9), 3837–3856.