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Zusatztext Readers of Swinburne's rewarding book will get a glimpse from the inside of how a sophisticated doxastic foundationalist understands epistemic justification ... careful and meticulous exposition. Informationen zum Autor Richard Swinburne is Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oriel College, Oxford Klappentext Richard Swinburne offers an original treatment of a question at the heart of epistemology: what makes a belief rational, or justified in holding? He maps the rival accounts of philosophers on epistemic justification ("internalist" and "externalist"), arguing that they are really accounts of different concepts. He distinguishes between synchronic justification (justification at a time) and diachronic justification (synchronic justification resulting from adequate investigation)--both internalist and externalist. He also argues that most kinds of justification are worth having because they are indicative of truth; however, it is only justification of internalist kinds that can guide a believer's actions. Swinburne goes on to show the usefulness of the probability calculus in elucidating how empirical evidence makes beliefs probably true. Zusammenfassung Examines this question of epistemology: what makes a belief a rational one, or one which the believer is justified in holding? This book maps epistemic justification, and distinguishes the kinds of justification that they identify. It also shows how probability theory can illuminate the role of empirical evidence in the justification of belief. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Theory of Synchronic Justification 2: Belief 3: Probability 4: The Criteria of Logical Probability 5: Basicality 6: The Value of Synchronic Justification 7: The Value of Diachronic Justification 8: Knowledge Appendix: Predictivism, Additional Notes, Index
