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Justifying Beliefs by Logical Implication

Book Summary by: AcaDemon    


An argument that for a justified true belief theory of knowledge to work, the justification component must be such that an
acceptable justification logically implies the truth of the content of the belief. The paper first shows how weaker views of justification will always be susceptible to counterexamples like Gettier's and Feldman's. The paper then shows how the notion of justification defined above makes it impossible to have counterexamples and then make a case for why the strong view is appropriate, even given that it probably leads to skepticism. The nature of justification within a viable theory of knowledge needs to have the strength of logical implication, and as such may have to lead to skeptical considerations.
Published: November 12, 2006
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