Epistemology and the Regress Problem

By Scott Aikin

Book Overview

In this new study, Aikin presents a full case for infinitism as a response to the problem of the regress of reasons. Infinitism is the view that one must have a non-terminating chain of reasons in order to be justified. The most defensible form of infinitism, he argues, is that of a mixed theory - that is, epistemic infinitism must be consistent with and integrate other solutions to the regress problem.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415878004
• ISBN13: 9780415878005
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"