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Justification without Awareness - A Defense of Epistemic Externalism (Hardcover, New)
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Justification without Awareness - A Defense of Epistemic Externalism (Hardcover, New)
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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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