Rational Doxastic Dispositions and the Epistemic Regress Problem

Dialectica 70 (4):589-607 (2016)
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In this paper, I deal with a version of the epistemic regress problem. After rejecting foundationalism as a solution to it, I consider two versions of infinitism. The first one is found to be unacceptable, for it fails both to cohere with certain attributions of justification and also to maintain its internal coherence. The second one avoids both problems, and it is found to be the best way of addressing the epistemic regress problem. As the successful version of infinitism makes use of the notion of a rational disposition to form and deploy reasons, I also manage to explicate that notion.

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Luis Rosa
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