Book chapter
The Structure of Justification
A Companion to Epistemology, pp.177-187
Blackwell companions to philosophy, John Wiley & Sons, Third edition
2026
Abstract
In this chapter, we examine different views of the structure of justification, including foundationalism, infinitism, and coherentism. We investigate how well or poorly they seem to do in responding to the regress problem, accommodating a robust connection between justification and truth, and getting the contours of justification right—i.e., making justification neither too easy nor too hard to get. We end by briefly discussing some challenges to finding a single sense of “foundational belief” defining the debate.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Structure of Justification
- Creators
- Ali Hasan - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- A Companion to Epistemology, pp.177-187
- Edition
- Third edition
- Series
- Blackwell companions to philosophy
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons; Hoboken, NJ
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2026
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9985139307602771
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