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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454502103321

Autore

Swinburne Richard

Titolo

Epistemic justification [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Swinburne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-19-159852-6

1-281-94411-4

9786611944117

0-19-152946-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Justification (Theory of knowledge)

Knowledge, Theory of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Theories of Synchronic Justification""; ""2. Belief""; ""3. Probability""; ""4. The Criteria of Logical Probability""; ""5. Basicality""; ""6. The Value of Synchronic Justification""; ""7. The Value of Diachronic Justification""; ""8. Knowledge""; ""Appendix. Predictivism""; ""Additional Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

The author offers an original treatment of a question at the heart of epistemology: what makes a belief a rational one, or one which the believer is justified in holding?