Resurrecting Old-Fashioned Foundationalism

The contributions in this volume make an important effort to resurrect a rather old fashioned form of foundationalism. They defend the position that there are some beliefs that are justified, and are not themselves justified by any further beliefs. This epistemic foundationalism has been the subject of rigorous attack by a wide range of theorists in recent years, leading to the impression that foundationalism is a thing of the past. DePaul argues that it is precisely the volume and virulence of the assaults which points directly to the strength and coherence of the position.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Preface
Part 2 Defending Old Fashioned Foundationalism
Chapter 3 Classical Foundationalism
Chapter 4 Toward a Defense of Empirical Foundationalism
Part 5 Comments
Chapter 6 Nondoxastic Foundationalism
Chapter 7 Direct Acquaintance?
Part 8 Replies
Chapter 9 Replies to Pollock and Platinga
Chapter 10 Replies to Pollock and Platinga

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Richard Fumerton is F. Wendell Miller Professor of philosophy at the University of Iowa.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Michael Depaul (Herausgeber), DePaul Michael (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.11.2000
• EAN: 9780847692897
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9289-7
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 148 mm x 228 mm x 7 mm
• Gewicht: 177 g
• Serie: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge