Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism
Abstract
What, on the view of many epistemologists, underlies the rationale for internalism is the deontological thought that epistemic justification proceeds in terms of how well our believing that p stands vis-à-vis relevant epistemic duties. However, in “Deontology and Defeat”, Bergmann argues that the view that justification is to be analyzed in deontic terms does not motivate internalism, as many are inclined to suppose. I argue that Bergmann’s argument fails to show this, for the reason that his argument is based on equating S’s belief that his second-order belief that p is epistemically irrational with the notion of epistemic defeat, the presence of which is sufficient but not necessary for epistemic irrationality.
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October 30, 2014
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February 25, 2016
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Year 2014 Number: 23
APA
Öztürk, F. (2014). Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, 23, 103-115. https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.20636
AMA
1.Öztürk F. Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism. Kaygı. 2014;(23):103-115. doi:10.20981/kuufefd.20636
Chicago
Öztürk, Fatih. 2014. “Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, nos. 23: 103-15. https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.20636.
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Öztürk F (October 1, 2014) Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 23 103–115.
IEEE
[1]F. Öztürk, “Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism”, Kaygı, no. 23, pp. 103–115, Oct. 2014, doi: 10.20981/kuufefd.20636.
ISNAD
Öztürk, Fatih. “Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi. 23 (October 1, 2014): 103-115. https://doi.org/10.20981/kuufefd.20636.
JAMA
1.Öztürk F. Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism. Kaygı. 2014;:103–115.
MLA
Öztürk, Fatih. “Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, no. 23, Oct. 2014, pp. 103-15, doi:10.20981/kuufefd.20636.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Öztürk. Epistemic Defeat, Deontology and Internalism. Kaygı. 2014 Oct. 1;(23):103-15. doi:10.20981/kuufefd.20636
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