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REASON AND EXPLANATION IBD

AIAA
08 / 2014
9781137012258
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Sinopsis

Reasonáand Explanation develops a novel explanationist account of epistemic justification. Poston argues that the explanatory virtues provide all the materials necessary for a plausible account of justified belief. The justification of a subjectâÇÖs belief consists in the explanatory virtues of the entire set of the subjectâÇÖs beliefs in comparison with other sets of beliefs she could have. PostonâÇÖs argument for explanatory coherentism involves a defense of the epistemic value of background beliefs, the development of a novel framework view of reasons, and the articulation of a mentalist, evidentialist account of explanatory coherentism. Poston also argues against foundationalist attempts to ground facts about justification in sense experience. He extends the argument against foundationalism by examining how a priori justification consists in oneâÇÖs overall explanatory position. Finally, Poston articulates a compatiblist position regarding the relationship between inference to the best explanation and Bayesianism.

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65,34