Philosophy › Section G · Epistemology › Topic G.3
Justification
Justification is what separates a reasonable belief from a hunch. Explaining where it comes from raises some of epistemology's deepest disputes: how chains of reasons end, and whether justification lies inside the mind or in its connection to the world.
In this topic
- What justification does
- The regress problem
- Foundationalism
- Coherentism
- Worked example: tracing a regress
- Internalism and externalism
- Reliabilism
- Virtue epistemology
- Worked example: four theories, one case
- Fallible sources
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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