Meta-Epistemology and the Varieties of Epistemic Infinitism
I will assume here the defenses of epistemic infinitism are adequate and inquire as to the variety standpoints within the view. I will argue that infinitism has three varieties depending on the strength of demandingness of the infinitist requirement and the purity of its conception of epistemic just...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Synthese (Dordrecht) 2008-07, Vol.163 (2), p.175-185 |
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Zusammenfassung: | I will assume here the defenses of epistemic infinitism are adequate and inquire as to the variety standpoints within the view. I will argue that infinitism has three varieties depending on the strength of demandingness of the infinitist requirement and the purity of its conception of epistemic justification, each of which I will term strong pure, strong impure, and weak impure infinitisms. Further, I will argue that impure infinitisms have the dialectical advantage. |
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ISSN: | 0039-7857 1573-0964 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11229-007-9196-3 |