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The theory of knowledge, justification and reasonable belief

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  • 10/24/09--05:45: Intellectual Responsibility (chan 1596925)

    • This is a thesis in epistemology that I wrote in 2008 while studying for a BPhil in Philosophy at Oxford University. It was successful, thanks in no small part to my supervisors, Professor John Hawthorne and Dr. Ralph Walker, to whom I owe a debt of gratitude. Any comments are very welcome. -- Thomas Ash

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  • 03/05/11--03:46: Is Fitch's Paradox fatal for verificationism, or epistemic theories of meaning generally? (chan 1596925)

    • Verificationism is falsified by Fitch's Paradox, but other epistemic theories of truth and meaning, including a simple modification of verificationism, can escape it

    For various reasons, dealt with elsewhere, philosophers have at various times felt themselves drawn to epistemic theories of truth. An epistemic theory of truth is one that defines what it is for a proposition to be true by reference to what it takes to know it to be true (the reference to knowledge here is sometimes replaced by a reference to justified belief or some other epistemic concept).

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