Recognizing Levels of Justification: To Add or to Subtract

Jennifer Lackey, Richard Fumerton

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Abstract

In this paper I explore the idea of developing something like Sosa's influential distinction between cognitio and scientia (animal knowledge and reflective knowledge) to epistemic justification. On the assumption that we should, I explore the question of whether we should do so by either (1) beginning with a really basic, intellectually undemanding kind of justification, recognizing more sophisticated intellectually rewarding justification by layering more demanding requirements on that basic sort, or (2) beginning with an ideal sort of justification and recognizing less demanding sorts of justification by stripping away conditions from that ideal justification.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)385-394
Number of pages10
JournalEpisteme
Volume16
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2019

Keywords

  • Justification
  • Sosa
  • animal and reflective knowledge

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • History and Philosophy of Science

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