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Epistemic Justification and the Skeptical Challenge

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  • © 2005

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  1. Hamid Vahid

    1. Institute for Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Iran

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This book explores the concept of epistemic justification and our understanding of the problem of skepticism. Providing critical examination of key responses to the skeptical challenge, Hamid Vahid presents a theory which is shown to work alongside the internalism/externalism issue and the thesis of semantic externalism, with a deontological conception of justification at its core.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 1-3

  3. Epistemic Justification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-6
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    2. Elements of a Theory of Justification

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 7-35

    3. The Deontological Conception of Justification

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 36-59

    4. The Internalism/Externalism Divide

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 60-82

  4. The Skeptical Challenge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-84
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    2. The Problem of the Criterion

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 85-97

    3. Universalizability and Closure

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 98-121

    4. Skepticism and Underdetermination

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 122-138

  5. Meeting the Skeptical Challenge?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-140
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    2. Argument from the Principle of Charity

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 141-156

    3. Argument from Epistemic Conservatism

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 157-180

    4. Argument from Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE)

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 181-198

    5. The Epistemological Significance of Transcendental Arguments

      • Hamid Vahid
      Pages 199-215

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 216-236
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Iran

    Hamid Vahid

About the author

HAMID VAHID is Professor of Philosophy and the Head of the Analytic Philosophy Faculty at the Institute for Fundamental Sciences in Tehran, Iran. He has published work in several journals including Philosophical Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research,Synthese, Erkenntnis, European Journal of Philosophy, Kant-Studien, Metaphilosophy and Ratio.

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