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
1. Verfasser: Aikin, Scott F.
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Sprache:eng
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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.
ISSN:0039-7857
1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/s11229-007-9196-3