Reason and Explanation
A Defense of Explanatory Coherentism
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Epistemology
| Author: | T. Poston | ISBN: | 9781137012265 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | August 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | T. Poston |
| ISBN: | 9781137012265 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | August 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
In this new explanationist account of epistemic justification, Poston argues that the explanatory virtues provide all the materials necessary for a plausible account of justified belief. There are no purely autonomous reasons. Rather reasons occur only within an explanatory coherent set of beliefs.
In this new explanationist account of epistemic justification, Poston argues that the explanatory virtues provide all the materials necessary for a plausible account of justified belief. There are no purely autonomous reasons. Rather reasons occur only within an explanatory coherent set of beliefs.
