Justification and the truth-connection / Clayton Littlejohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Littlejohn, Clayton, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justification (Theory of knowledge).

Knowledge, Theory of.

Truthfulness and falsehood.

Epistemics.

Belief and doubt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 269 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Justification & the Truth-Connection

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The internalism-externalism debate is one of the oldest debates in epistemology. Internalists assert that the justification of our beliefs can only depend on facts internal to us, while externalists insist that justification can depend on additional, for example environmental, factors. In this book Clayton Littlejohn proposes and defends a new strategy for resolving this debate. Focussing on the connections between practical and theoretical reason, he explores the question of whether the priority of the good to the right (in ethics) might be used to defend an epistemological version of consequentialism, and proceeds to formulate a new 'deontological externalist' view. His discussion is rich with insights and will be valuable for a wide range of readers in epistemology, ethics and practical reason.

Contents:

Introduction

Epistemic value

Reasons for belief (I)

Reasons for belief (II)

Assertion

Action

Justification.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-23037-3

1-139-50811-3

1-280-77403-7

9786613684806

1-139-51773-2

1-139-06009-0

1-139-51515-2

1-139-51423-7

1-139-51680-9

1-139-51866-6

OCLC:

796995865