Herzberg, Frederik: The dialectics of infinitism and coherentism. Inferential justification versus holism and coherence. In: Synthese. Jg.191 H. 4. 2014, S. 701-723
Inhalt
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Foundationalism, infinitism and coherentism as responses to the regress problem
- 3. Structural origins, weakenings and mutual compatibility of foundationalism, infinitism and coherentism
- 4. A formal probabilistic framework for analysing belief systems and their epistemic justification
- 5. In defense of (weak) infinitism: The consistency of infinite probabilistic regresses
- 6. Common ground between strong foundationalism and strong infinitism: The Principle of Inferential Justification
- 7. Problematic consequences of Bayesian variants of the Principle of Inferential Justification
- 8. A dilemma for Bayesian foundationalists and infinitists
- 9. Toward a solution: Reviving coherentism
- 10. Conclusion
- References