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Epistemic Justification

Richard Swinburne
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      Richard Swinburne offers an original treatment of a question at the heart of epistemology: what makes a belief a rational one, or one which the believer is justified in holding? He maps the various totally different and purportedly rival accounts that philosophers give of epistemic justification ("internalist" and "externalist"), and argues that they are really accounts of different concepts. (He distinguishes (as most epistemologists do not) between synchronic justification (justification at a time) and diachronic justification (synchronic justification resulting from adequate investigation) - both internalist and externalist.) He argues that most kinds of justification are worth having because (for different reasons) they arew 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: every proposition has an intrinsic probability (an a priori probability independent of empirical evidence) which may be increased or decreased by empirical evidence This book is intended for philosophers and adv
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Richard Swinburne EAN: 9780199243785 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 535 g HEIGHT: 243 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-06-21 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Religious WIDTH: 164 cm SPINE:

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      Philosophy of science, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy of religion

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      Richard Swinburne is Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oriel College, Oxford
      Richard Swinburne offers an original treatment of a question at the heart of epistemology: what makes a belief a rational one, or one which the believer is justified in holding? He maps the various totally different and purportedly rival accounts that philosophers give of epistemic justification ("internalist" and "externalist"), and argues that they are really accounts of different concepts. (He distinguishes (as most epistemologists do not) between synchronic justification (justification at a time) and diachronic justification (synchronic justification resulting from adequate investigation) - both internalist and externalist.) He argues that most kinds of justification are worth having because (for different reasons) they arew 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: every proposition has an intrinsic probability (an a priori probability independent of empirical evidence) which may be increased or decreased by empirical evidence This book is intended for philosophers and adv
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Richard Swinburne EAN: 9780199243785 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 535 g HEIGHT: 243 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-06-21 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Religious WIDTH: 164 cm SPINE:

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      Philosophy of science, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy of religion

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      Richard Swinburne is Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oriel College, Oxford

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