The Emergence of Justification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4738864 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeanne Peijnenburg (0000-0001-9768-4979, University of Groningen), David Atkinson (0000-0003-2082-0236, University of Groningen) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 252 |
| Pages | 546-564 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9213.12009 |
| OpenAlex | W2107269225 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
A major objection to epistemic infinitism is that it seems to make justification impossible. For if there is an infinite chain of reasons, each receiving its justification from its neighbour, then there is no justification to inherit in the first place. Some have argued that the objection arises from misunderstanding the character of justification. Justification is not something that one reason inherits from another; rather it gradually emerges from the chain as a whole. Nowhere however is it made clear what exactly is meant by emergence. The aim of this paper is to fill that lacuna: we describe a detailed procedure for the emergence of justification that enables us to see exactly how justification surfaces from a chain of reasons
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |