The Composite Nature of Epistemic Justification |
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| Authors: | Paul Silva Jr. |
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| Affiliation: | Department of PhilosophyMonash University |
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| Abstract: | According to many, to have epistemic justification to believe P is just for it to be epistemically permissible to believe P. Others think it is for believing P to be epistemically good. Yet others think it has to do with being epistemically blameless in believing P. All such views of justification encounter problems. Here, a new view of justification is proposed according to which justification is a kind of composite normative status. The result is a view of justification that offers hope of solving some longstanding epistemological problems. |
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