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A Science-Based Critique of Epistemological Naturalism in Quine’s TraditionWhy Justificatory Monism Needs Scientific Realism

A Science-Based Critique of Epistemological Naturalism in Quine’s Tradition: Why Justificatory... [In this chapter, I argue that there is a general problem for empiricist justificatory monism, the epistemological position that the only fundamental way to verify any claim is through empirical evidence. I call this problem irreducible justificatory pluralism: since each proponent of a given conception of justificatory monism is bound to this single conception, it is impossible that one of them could convince one of their competitors of their conception of justification. I argue that this dialectical deadlock can only be avoided by adopting scientific realism. I then introduce contemporary scientific realism, and I detail Quine’s rejection of it.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Science-Based Critique of Epistemological Naturalism in Quine’s TraditionWhy Justificatory Monism Needs Scientific Realism

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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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183 –204
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10.1007/978-3-030-24524-5_7
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[In this chapter, I argue that there is a general problem for empiricist justificatory monism, the epistemological position that the only fundamental way to verify any claim is through empirical evidence. I call this problem irreducible justificatory pluralism: since each proponent of a given conception of justificatory monism is bound to this single conception, it is impossible that one of them could convince one of their competitors of their conception of justification. I argue that this dialectical deadlock can only be avoided by adopting scientific realism. I then introduce contemporary scientific realism, and I detail Quine’s rejection of it.]

Published: Jul 28, 2019

Keywords: Irreducible justificatory pluralism; Justificatory monism; Scientific realism; Empirical evidence; Naturalism; Metaphilosophy

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