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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973639203321

Autore

Swinburne Richard

Titolo

Epistemic justification / / Richard Swinburne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2001

ISBN

9786611944117

9780191529467

019152946X

9780199243792

0199243794

9781281944115

1281944114

9780191598524

0191598526

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 262 pages)

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Justification (Theory of knowledge)

Knowledge, Theory of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theories of synchronic justification -- Belief -- Probability -- The criteria of logical probability -- Basicality -- The value of synchronic justification -- The value of diachronic justification -- Knowledge.

Sommario/riassunto

Richard Swinburne 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? He maps the many different accounts of epistemic justification, and distinguishes the different kinds of justification that they identify. He argues that while most kinds of justification are worth having, only one kind --internalist justification -- can guide a believer's actions. And heshows how probability theory can illuminate the role of empirical evidence in the justification of belief.