Epistemic internalism: an explanation and defense.

摘要: What does it take for a positive epistemic status to obtain I argue throughout my thesis that if obtains, this is not brute fact. Instead, example belief justified, justified in virtue of some further condition(s) obtaining. A fundamental topic epistemology the question what sorts factors can be relevant determining belief. Epistemic Internalism holds these must "internal" (in sense needs specified). Externalism denial internalism. My an explanation and defense internalist theory justification. The central claim something only is, or easily be, object agent's conscious awareness. By considering key cases, show without awareness requirement on justification, subject cannot avoid call Subject's Perspective Objection. In developing objection examine respond argument against which claims such either leads vicious regress requiring higher order beliefs increasing complexity (if any are justified), else unmotivated. This generated because assumed kind doxastic. solution invokes 'strong non-doxastic awareness' grounds non-inferential justification thereby avoids dilemma, while meeting also external factors, as reliability (actual conditional) mechanism supporting belief, necessary conclusion by comparing constitutes actual world with one's counterpart 'demon world'. intuition, correctly interpreted, counts favour As explain, many philosophers moved arguments presented externalists about mental content deny case possible. opposition remains substantially unaffected, no matter view turns out correct. two worlds completely subjectively indistinguishable from each other those who inhabit them all ways they consciously aware. If neither obtaining truth nor makes genuinely final chapter recent work assimilates knowledge, well account connection. former question, defend orthodoxy distinct statuses latter, connection between conceptual. That evidence, evidence conceptually linked truth. therefore, (via evidence), distinctively epistemic. short, condition obtaining, consciousness play justificatory role.