Concept tag
#justification
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My grandmother knew when rain was coming but couldn’t say how. Did she know? What is reliabilism?
I farm cocoa near Kumasi. My son is at university and sends me articles from his philosophy course. The latest one said that to know something you need a true belief plus a good reason, a "justification". Then it said some philosophers…
Started by Akosua Mensah5 replies -
What is a genuine consultation for? Consensus, shura and the contractualist test
Contractualism's core question, "could you justify this to everyone it affects?", is usually treated as a test you run in your head. I've been wondering what it looks like as a practice. Wiredu argued that traditional Akan politics was organised around consensus…
Started by Kwame Asante4 replies -
An infinite chain of reasons is not a defect: the case for infinitism deserves more than a smirk
When students first meet the regress problem they are told there are three options and one of them is obviously absurd. Foundations, coherence, or an infinite regress; and who could believe in an infinite regress? I want to argue that infinitism, defended…
Started by Tomasz Szewczak5 replies