Similarity and acquaintance: a dilemma |
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Authors: | Ted Poston |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Philosophy, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 36688, USA
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Abstract: | There is an interesting and instructive problem with Richard Fumerton’s acquaintance theory of noninferential justification. Fumerton’s explicit account requires acquaintance with the truth-maker of one’s belief and yet he admits that one can have noninferential justification when one is not acquainted with the truth-maker of one’s belief but instead acquainted with a very similar truth-maker. On the face of it this problem calls for clarification. However, there are skeptical issues lurking in the background. This paper explores these issues by developing a dilemma for an acquaintance theory. |
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