The reductio argument against epistemic infinitism

DOI10.1007/S11229-017-1629-ZMaRDI QIDQ2053987zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tim Oakley

Publication date 30 November 2021

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1629-z

zbMATH Keywords

emergent justificationinfinitismJeanne Peijnenburg and David AtkinsonPeter Kleinprobabilistic justification chainspropositional justificationScott Aikin

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logics of knowledge and belief (including belief change) (03B42)

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