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A Science-Based Critique of Epistemological Naturalism in Quine’s TraditionQuine’s Empiricist Justificatory Monism

A Science-Based Critique of Epistemological Naturalism in Quine’s Tradition: Quine’s Empiricist... [In this chapter, I show how Quine’s empiricist justificatory monism, his claim that the only fundamental way to verify any claim is through empirical evidence, is based on his verification holism, which in turn presupposes his holophrastic conception of empirical data. I then point out that the problems outlined in my discussion of Quine’s naturalized epistemology threaten to undermine his empiricist justificatory monism. Finally, I argue that Quine’s explication of empirical-scientific justification itself cannot be justified in the sense that it itself specifies. Given justificatory monism, this means that the explication is unjustified.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Science-Based Critique of Epistemological Naturalism in Quine’s TraditionQuine’s Empiricist Justificatory Monism

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
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978-3-030-24523-8
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151 –181
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10.1007/978-3-030-24524-5_6
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[In this chapter, I show how Quine’s empiricist justificatory monism, his claim that the only fundamental way to verify any claim is through empirical evidence, is based on his verification holism, which in turn presupposes his holophrastic conception of empirical data. I then point out that the problems outlined in my discussion of Quine’s naturalized epistemology threaten to undermine his empiricist justificatory monism. Finally, I argue that Quine’s explication of empirical-scientific justification itself cannot be justified in the sense that it itself specifies. Given justificatory monism, this means that the explication is unjustified.]

Published: Jul 28, 2019

Keywords: Empiricist justificatory monism; Verification holism; Empirical data; Carnap, Rudolf; Quine, W.V.O; Underdetermination; Naturalism

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