Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy: A Defense of Explanatory Coherentism

Poston, T.

In this new explanationist account of epistemic justification, Poston argues that the explanatory virtues provide all the materials necessary for a plausible account of justified belief. There are no purely autonomous reasons. Rather reasons occur only within an explanatory coherent set of beliefs.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349436552

DOI: 10.1057/9781137012265

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 195