Abstract
Traditional approaches to epistemology have sought, unsuccessfully, to define knowledge in terms of justification. I follow Timothy Williamson in arguing that this is misconceived and that we should take knowledge as our fundamental epistemological notion. We can then characterize justification as a certain sort of approximation to knowledge. A judgment is justified if and only if the reason (if there is one) for a failure to know is to be found outside the subject's mental states; that is, justified judging is possible knowing (where one world accessible from another if and only if they are identical with regard to a subjec's antecedent mental states and judgment forming processes). This view is explained and defended.
Translated title of the contribution | Justified Judging |
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Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 81 - 110 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research |
Volume | 74 (1) |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher: International Phenomenological SocietyOther: online ISSN is 1468-0017