A Theory of Epistemic Justification

• Main Author: Leplin, Jarrett (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Philosophical Studies Series ; 112
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Metaphysics.; Language and languages > Philosophy.; Philosophy of mind.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of Language.; Philosophy of Science.; Philosophy of Mind.

This book proposes an original theory of epistemic justification that offers a new way to relate justification to the epistemic goal of truth-conducive belief. The theory is based on a novel analysis of reliable belief-formation that answers classic objections to reliability theories in epistemology...

Table of Contents:

• Truth-Conduciveness
• Reliability
• Justification
• Inference
• Epistemic Paradox
• Skepticism
• Tacking and Epistemic Luck
• Intellectual Virtue
• Counterexamples
• Intuition and Method.