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Restoring the Foundations of Epistemic Justification
A Direct Realist and Conceptualist Theory of Foundationalism
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2006
Summary
Foundationalism, as a theory of justification and knowledge, is often associated with Enlightenment rationality, the Cartesian thirst for certainty, and the modern assumption of the objectivity and universality of reason. Because of these associations, scholars in various fields have disdained foundationalism in favor of some sort of non-foundationalist/post-modern approach to knowledge and justification. This present book is one piece of a much wider conversation that hopes to motivate a renewed look at foundationalism. Of course, the foundationalism on offer has settled down quite a bit from its surly forbears. This more mild-mannered foundationalism suggests that our beliefs about reality can be held with confidence and yet these beliefs remain open to criticism and revision. It is this type of epistemology that provides a constructive basis for investigation and research while nevertheless encouraging a cognitive humility about our claims to possess truth.
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Copyright year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1124-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-6026-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
175
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
One The Nature and Value of Epistemic Justification No access Pages 9 - 32
Two Foundationalism and the Regress Arguments No access Pages 33 - 56
Three The Given Element of Perceptual Experience No access Pages 57 - 74
Four Bonjour's Foundationalism No access Pages 75 - 92
Five Defending Direct Realism No access Pages 93 - 118
Six Concepts and the World No access Pages 119 - 140
Seven Restoring the Foundations No access Pages 141 - 166
