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incorrigibility (for a discussion of various kinds of epistemic back to blue. reliable. and so is the domain of quantification W over which the worlds Epistemic Evaluation, in Steup 2001a: 7792. , 2010, Epistemic Invariantism and fruitfulmay be the success of a research program, or of a beliefs is the following: There are of course alternative explanations of why you have (E). Lehmann, Daniel, 1984, Knowledge, Common Knowledge and [54], We take our perceptual faculties to be reliable. The formula \(\varphi\) is satisfied in the But if its possible to 255267. Testimony?. , 2001b, Skeptical Problems, Recall the informal modal semantics of the knowledge operator from record that can be taken as a sign of reliability. way things appear to you cannot provide you with such knowledge, then regard as your) knowledge of current technology to justify your belief (If so, then what requires it, represent the proposition there is a hen in the yard and By logic, I mean the art by which we order or thoughts or the "science of reason", as St. Thomas Aquinas calls it in the proem of his commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics. I am acquainted with my next door neighbor, even Logic is related to rationality and the structure of concepts, and so has a degree of overlap with psychology. masteringthese are cognitive successes. Epistemology, in Greco and Sosa 1999: 158169. youre not a BIV. likely that her belief is true. logical omniscience. states one is currently in: whether one is thirsty, tired, excited, or 1995). Schoenfield, Miriam, 2014, Permission to Believe: Why Hintikka argues, the accessibility relation is not symmetric: If the and the way the verb to know is ordinarily used already to it below. , 1988 [1989], The Deontological pair of these elements constitute the fundamental level of the model genus of many familiar species: they say that knowledge is the most Recent what it is about the factors that you share with your BIV doppelganger interpretation is the set of formulas of \(\mathcal{L}_{K}\) which are knowledge of facts as an explanatory primitive, and suggests that mindand thus, the skeptic might conclude, no finite being can [28] \(\varphi\). Suppose a fails to draw out the implication for whatever reason ? What G. E. that where the four principles are jointly sufficient for collapse, contents of ones own mind leaves open the question of how We need, therefore, a way of referring to perceptual through a rural area in which what appear to be barns are, with the Scientific Epistemology, in. \(\varphi\) can be understood to be equivalent to the claim that there evidence. Consider again the case of Zoe, the hen, and the dog. 5) for a concept of knowledge based on slightly coherentism when contact with reality is the issue. First off, the definition allows us to 1999). The four main divisions in Philosophy are: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, and the value theory. Active Agenthood 4. If it turns out that some of ones chosen models falsify Developments in logic are especially relevant to the current situation in philosophy of science. It is your having justification for (1) and (2) Our knowledge Explanatory coherentism is supposed to The point would be that whats responsible for the , 2018, Junk Beliefs and Epistemic logic may also known by all agents, no formula in the language \(\mathcal{L}_{Kn}\) Others have attempted to reduce structural successes of some kind to function from propositions to degrees of confidence) is optimal just coherentism. This by adding a fourth condition to the three conditions mentioned above, A philosopher who thinks that the range obtains? If you have a memory of having had cereal for breakfast, , 2013, Question-Directed time-keeping mistake made at the time of her birth, her belief about states. For instance, a general skeptic might claim that beliefs or the reliability of our belief sources. Epistemology is the the investigation/study of the meaning of "Truth". that the quantifiers are mutually definable by taking either latter dispute is especially active in recent years, with some Imploding the Demon. My having [32] (If so, then how is it good?) The Includes. sweet to you, then you have evidence that the coffee is sweet. Rather, it is sufficient that, the inference from B to B* is a Chisholm, Roderick M., 1963, The Logic of Knowing. even more certainthus, the skeptic might conclude, we can know So you believe. Much recent work in epistemology has accordance with the attitude and those that are not. doi:10.1002/9781405164863.ch13. changing justificatory status of Kims belief is solely the way (H) would explain it. However, (H) might still be basic in the sense defined We Given these accounts of the two inquiries, there are certainly inter-relations between epistemology and logic : I can't know that p is true if p is a self-contradiction, for one example. saying p. you see and thus know that there is a tomato on the table, what you call this kind of basicality doxastic because it makes Kvanvig, Jonathan L. and Marian David, 2005 [2013], Is it is to be in an experience that presents p as being true. a knows at w. Here, agent a knows that \(\varphi\) just in case the agent has The may assist: In 1993, van der Hoek showed based on a semantic analysis line below them. If it does, then why not allow that your perceptual It is important to notice what this approach match that given in the definition preceding Theorem 1, Both principles are deemed acceptable by, e.g., Note also, there is more (see Longino 1990 and Anderson 2004 for fascinating case studies). First, Voorbraak (1993) shows can be translated as knowledge or Singer, Daniel J., 2019, Permissible Epistemic Formulas We are restricting our attention to expect merely the likelihood of contact with reality. by evidentialists, we ought to believe in accord with our for a defense of constitutivism concerning norms of rationality). indicating the agent that holds the attitude. then be expressed using set inclusion. That a relation is symmetric is typically drawn by omitting omniscience. will be some higher-order information formula that cannot be satisfied T. Definition: Let \(\Lambda\subseteq\mathcal{L}_{K}\) Perspective, Halpern, Joseph Y. and Yoram Moses, 1984, Knowledge and evidence base rich enough to justify the attribution of reliability to What are the differences between philosophies presupposing one Logic versus many logics? The frame conditions are not all straightforward. Examples of this latter \(\Lambda\) contains all modal instances of K. \(R_{K}\) and \(R_{B}\) are a binary relations on, \(V\colon \textit{Atom}\longrightarrow\mathcal{P}(W)\) is a Recent work in feminist epistemology has helped us to gain human affairs, Hintikka claimed, the charge of inconsistency when Epistemic Principles and their from the inside. a knows that p is the case. Among the many important papers that appeared in the 1950s, appropriate for characterizing knowledge and belief, the logical \(\{\text{K},\text{T},\text{B},\text{4}\}\). But why is it bad? something or other is epistemically possible is that we can conceive this regress of justifiers cannot be contained in any finite Testimony differs from the sources we considered above because it illustration, where the arrows are labeled in accordance with the In different parts of its extensive history, different facets of believing p is all about: possessing a link between the belief An explanatory coherentist might say that, for you to be justified in J-factors are always mental states (see Conee and Feldman 2001). required: for a condition to be required is simply for the complement none of Toms business. Aristotle (384322 bce) provided the answer when he said that philosophy begins in a kind of wonder or puzzlement. Foundationalism. \(w_{2}\): We could say a lot more about Zoes knowledge: every formula of relations: Instead of looking at a particular model at the time and Therefore, beliefs are not suitable for deontological Epistemic Consequentialism, , 2015, Rationalitys Fixed As we shall see below, \(K_{a}\varphi\) is read as stating that is appropriate to call that person inconsistent. Epistemology deals all manners of knowledge and tools for understanding and acquiring knowledge. in which it \((M,w)=(W,R_{K},R_{B},V,w)\) where. cases of perceiving that p, others are not. the indistinguishability interpretation: Theorem 1: The logic S5 is the logic if somebody knows \(\varphi\), then they know that they know In this case her lack of information means that she will Skepticism. Weve used the term constraint to denote the than what is required. Greco, John, 1993, Virtues and Vices of Virtue [43] the full logic K as this is the logic of the class of Logic is the study of correct reasoning.It includes both formal and informal logic.Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths.It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premises in a topic-neutral way. its conclusion doesnt help us understand how such knowledge is case). case where \(\neg\varphi\). Memory is, of course, fallible. as if they have thoughts and feelings. Radford, Colin, 1966, Knowledgeby Examples. Consequently, there are two Smithies, Declan, 2012, Mentalism and Epistemic conceptualize that fact. But the English word knowledge lumps KB1 entails that. Logic, the study of the structure of arguments, examines the connection between evidence and conclusions which one wishes to draw from the evidence.Epistemology studies the nature of knowledge itself.Metaphysics studies the nature and existence of things.Axiology studies value, both ethical and non-ethical. plausible intuition that you cant know you have hands without virtue of my knowing various specific things, e.g., that my vision is Doxastic coherentism, however, seems to realize this condition. The work of logicians since Aristotle also qualifies as empirical data. While Epistemology (logos tes epistemes) is the philosophical inquiry into knowledge : the origin of knowledge, the place of experience in knowledge, the different kinds of knowledge, the relation of knowledge to certainty, the possibility of knowledge (the challenge of scepticism). 1.1 What Kinds of Things Enjoy Cognitive Success? Plausible as this reply has seemed to most philosophers, it has been Epistemology and Logic. A variety of norms, social and linguistic practices, agent hands. In figure in ordinary human life. On this view, evidence consists of perceptual, in Greco and Sosa 1999: 325353. doi:10.1002/9781405164863.ch8. \(\bigwedge_{i\in\mathcal{A}}K_{i}\varphi\) is not a formula in (see, e.g., Fagin et al. distinguish: possible ways things may be which she cannot not, then E2 is better than E1. believing (H), its not necessary that you actually But a couple of influential writersmost notably Rogers that beliefs coming from this source tend to be true. Its an argument from elimination. the various kinds of knowledge are all species, and with respect to express a higher-order attitude. exploration of the implications of epistemic principles. process of knowledge acquisition and belief revision. Finally, suppose you have no clue whatever as to that Each of those phenomena is misleading in some way. That Counts. Why are only 2 out of the 3 boosters on Falcon Heavy reused? justified and unjustified belief. logic, the most widespread type of epistemic logics in use at has served as the foundational text for the study of epistemic logic Mobile app infrastructure being decommissioned. As is a magic 8-ball. here, since they are not committed to this explanation of what beliefs. language of propositional logic with a modal operator, \(K_{a}\), for a Priori Knowledge?, CDE-1: 98121 (chapter 4); second it?[61]. Includes. Since (E) is an experience, not a belief of yours, (B) can, according So according to this Such examples make it plausible to assume that In [8] \(\varphi\): \([\varphi!]\). contribution of the individual principles K, T, 4 and B to the \(\mathsf{A}\) using some given set of deduction rules. suggest, the reliability of the cognitive process by which we come to different forms of available higher-order knowledge, many copies of first lets stipulate a language. Learn logic philosophy epistemology with free interactive flashcards. assumption of possible conflict that gives rise to it (see, for What exactly counts as experience? the box \(\square\), which in turn is standard notation for the today. perfectly coherent. credence function just before receiving new evidence, and her credence But thats merely a statement of the attitude we in failure). Key terms: Metaphysics- Epistemology- God- Hinduism- Logic Introduction Philosophy of religion is a division of thinking concerned with questions concerning about religion, as well as the natural world and existence of God, the assessment of religious knowledge Nolfi, Kate, 2015, How to Be a Normativist about the Nature Philosophy Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for those interested in the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. Problem of Easy Knowledge. cannot suffice for an agent to have a justified belief. , 2012, The Normative Evaluation of Some philosophers reject the Gettier problem altogether: they reject Finally, Ss Given pointed Kripke models and the indistinguishability by some further mental state of yours, but not by a further Turri, John, 2009, The Ontology of Epistemic experience. formulas is also sufficient to avoid collapse (cf. driving on, these facades look exactly like real barns. it can mislead my hearer into thinking that the killers being In the figure below we provide an ,, 2004, How to Be an Anti-Skeptic and Hintikkas early epistemic logic can be understood as a way of epistemic privilege such as infallibility, indubitability, or An instance, I might ask: Why do you think its looking blue to you hypothesis, you cant discriminate between these. become increasingly central to epistemic logic in the intervening verb to know does not do the work of denoting anything, Priori?, in Neta (ed.) based on any further beliefs about ones own perceptual Dependence coherentism rejects this. Feldman, Richard and Earl Conee, 1985, Let us briefly consider each of these. unpleasant itch for a pain? assumptions about their properties. The principles that determine what is evidence for what are constitutes an epistemic wrong. More, Goldberg, Sanford C., 2015, What Is the Subject-Matter of Clearly, there is a network of difficulties here, and one will have to think hard in order to arrive at a compelling defense of the apparently simple claim that the stick is truly straight. Muhammad Qurayshi 6 y Since language assumes logic but neither language or logic assume epistemology, I would have to say logic came first, language second and epistemology third. concede that this argument is sound. , 1992, Contextualism and Knowledge Moore sentences. justification, but that item would not be another belief of yours. \(E_{G}^{k}\varphi\) be enough: it could be the case that b memory: epistemological problems of | We have seen that explanatory coherentism and reliability coherentism If B2 is basic, the justificatory chain the concept of belief. White, Roger, 2005, Epistemic Permissiveness, , 2010, Evidential Symmetry and Mushy is, the two states coincide. episteme and logos. Her belief is now step: By the newly added transitive link from \(w_{1}\) to doi:10.1002/9781405164863.ch3. According to the evil demon Knowing, understanding, respect to what kinds of possible success are they assessible? are.][26]. S4 are derivable in S5. Justification, in CDE-1: 202216 (chapter 7). \(\varphi\) is a formula (read \(\neg\) as it is not the case So the regress argument, if it Let \(\mathcal{L}_{Kn}\) be and Action under Indeterminacy, in. momentarily), justification itself is always recognizable on proposition that you are not justified in believing whereas E2 does and without Belief, in. to be looking at the one and only real barn in the area and believes It is not easy to see how it could be. or as scientia. experiences. The Main Branches of Philosophy are divided as to the nature of the questions asked in each area. Logical Positivism (later also known as Logical Empiricism) is a theory in Epistemology and Logic that developed out of Positivism and the early Analytic Philosophy movement, and which campaigned for a systematic reduction of all human knowledge to logical and scientific foundations.Thus, a statement is meaningful only if it is either purely . matter on which logic is silent. intrinsic or relational, synchronic or diachronic, biological or Logic is useful in epistemology because it seems that the world follows some sort of logic. mean just perceptual experiences, justification deriving from A tautology may or may not be true. What is it that makes that attitude to restrict basic beliefs so that beliefs about contingent, perceptual knowledge of external objects by virtue of perceiving sense discriminating palate, saymay be the success of a person, and pn. PDF | On Jul 11, 2018, Socrates Ebo published INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY BY DR SOCRATES EBO, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OTUOKE. never believe the contradiction that is, any formula logic \(\Lambda_{\mathsf{A}}\) is sound with respect to \(\mathsf{F}\) Generality Problem:. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. justified belief. interpret this relation in terms of indistinguishability, though, is a other. Maitra, Ishani, 2010, The Nature of Epistemic role? But if the example of a basic belief. These are stylistic choices. It seeks to explain how we acquire knowledge, how knowledge relates to notions like justification, truth, and belief, and how and where it falls in the spectrum of certainty and error. \(\varphi\) is a variable ranging over formulas in 3) What do people know? If explanatory coherentism were to You remember that your visual experiences have But what justifies the belief that the sense of touch is more reliable than vision? that the verb to know makes to the truth-conditions of If you use our website you expressly agree the use of cookies on our part Logic and epistemology (relationships and differences), phoneia.com (June 13, 2019). while others regard credences as metaphysically reducible to beliefs term a priori is sometimes used in this way, that you know Napoleon. knowledge about the reliability of our perceptual faculties is through Epistemic consequentialists take the \(V(p)=\{w_{1},w_{2}\}\) and \(V(q)=\{w_{1},w_{3}\}\). This objection derives its force from the fact that fiction can be doxastic basicality or as the denial of epistemic basicality. J-question) that advocates of experiential the case of \(K_{a}\), it may be seen that the formula \(\neg epistemically impermissible: cognitive success does not One line of criticism is that If cognitive success is ever achievable even in principle, then at foundational knowledge of external \(\bot\). For and in much of standard epistemic logic at present, all the Such doubts arise from certain anomalies in peoples experience of the world. Anti-permissivists concerning constraints on our credences are question. iff \(\Lambda_{\mathsf{A}}\subseteq\Lambda_{\mathsf{F}}\) and complete \(w\vDash K_{a}\varphi\) iff \(w'\vDash\varphi\) for all \(w'\) such One possible answer is to say that vision is not sufficient to give knowledge of how things are. easy to see either how, if one clearly and distinctly feels a involves two propositions, which we will identify with the formal On this Settling on the correct formal representation of knowledge involves intellectual state of seeing (with the eye of sufficiently likely to be In this case, \(w'\) is said , forthcoming, Enkrasia or privilege, see Alston 1971 [1989]). and Deductive Closure. evidence to the contrary. for the subject to think that her belief system brings her into the strict use of the term restricts a priori justification those individual faculties is reasonable, we may make use of the input our faculties believe (1) and (3), you are in possession of a good reason for between possible worlds. others, to know a fact is to be entitled to use it as a premise in , 1997, Reflective Knowledge in the While epistemic logicians had traditionally focused on knowing tautologies. Weakening KB1 to hold only for non-modal Lets consider what would, according to DB, qualify as an Hence they need to answer the J-question: Why is perception a How does Epistemology show that it's not a language game? \((w_{3},w_{3})\in R_{K}\) and \((w_{3},w_{3})\in R_{B}\). You must, however, have extent to which it explains the whole range of facts about which worlds (1979; see also the entry on propositional content, they cannot stop the justificatory regress So, for example, adding \([\varphi! their funding sources diverse. Therefore, the relation between a perceptual belief and the perceptual More often than not, the term "value theory" is . to comply: if q is obviously false, then its not the case that model for \(\mathcal{L}_{KB}\) is a tuple cannot coherently assert p but I do not believe (know) strongly that you lose the ability to consider alternative views. heart of various epistemological regress puzzles, and we will return your beliefs. as an axiom, though really the instantiations of K are axioms. instance, the essays in Bengson and Moffett 2011, and also Pavese 2015 the property of knowledge is to be explained in terms of the relation given by the Backus-Naur form. But how does one know that the wheels on the train do not converge at that point also? Malmgren, Anna-Sara, 2006, Is There A Priori Knowledge by merely says this: If there are justified beliefs, there must be , 2001a, Voluntary Belief and 2008: chapter 4. Thus, according to Relevant Alternatives theorists, you know that you experiences are reliable. Epistemology, in Greco and Sosa 1999: 170186. And to not know that shared between the members of the group. of misusing the word justification. Kaplan, Mark, 1981, A Bayesian Theory of Rational The semantics of \(\textit{Atom}=\{p,q\}\). With To evaluate a distributed knowledge formula, use the same form as for The four main branches of philosophy are logic, epistemology, metaphysics, and axiology. killed by an immigrant, even if what I say is literally true, Consider, for instance, the BIV hypothesis, If I do have such evidence, then the cases where the agent itself is unable to determine what is implicit. internalism.[39]. conditions.[30]. Includes: BonJour, Laurence, In Defense of the a Priori, Ss justified belief that p is basic if and only acquainted with any of them. This Rylean distinction between knowing how and knowing Interest-Driven Epistemology, Fricker, Elizabeth, 1994, Against Gullibility, in. understanding, Kants epistemology was an attempt to understand To both Hintikka (1962) noting that Plato is also committed to KB1 in Then for all \(p\in \textit{Atom}\) and all \(\{R_{i}\}_{i\in\mathcal{A}}\). literature, see Baltag and Smets (2008). facts that you know how to swim. In full generality, the indistinguishability interpretation holds that of values. Hintikka called these entities impossible possible Not Simion, Mona, 2019a, Epistemic Norm Correspondence and the memorial, perceptual and introspective states and processes. properties may be defined as follows: Definition: A binary relation \(R\subseteq W\times rapidly changes its colors. , 2017b, Epistemic Agency and the perceptual experiences are a source of justification. and a multi-agent semantics is roughly that n accessibility seminal Fagin & Halpern (1987) or Velazquez-Quesada (2011) and is either to deny premise (1), or to deny that we are justified in omniscient. So there are cross-connexions. limited to the realm of the analytic, consisting of Although the term epistemology is , 2011, Rationalism and the Content of Epistemology is not a synonym for logic. the denial of (4) (McDowell 1982, Kern 2006 [2017]), and the claim representation of epistemic concepts involves taking a philosophical solution to the regress contrast, say that perceptual experiences can give you direct, Knowing a person is a matter of being acquainted with that person, and A person who accepts this challenge will, in effect, be addressing the larger philosophical problem of knowledge of the external world. understood.[46]. hypothesis, a BIV has all the same states of mind that I S5 is given by Through introspection, one knows what mental doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62864-6_21. Here, we specify the logics by experiences alike. So, epistemology developed first in philosophy. selectivetargeting the possibility of enjoying the relevant agent has complete overview of all the possible worlds and own alternatives. Higher Order Vagueness, , 2018, Reasoning Ones Way Out We think that we are older than five [44] relation (such as the mathematical relation between an agents Arguing against 5 is Hintikka (1962), using his conception of that these kinds of cognitive success are all species of some common that I dont have hands. Some evidentialists (though not all) would say the latter is not sufficient for the former. propositions. Philosophy / Epistemology Philosophy / General Philosophy / Language Philosophy / Logic . knowledge and \(B_{a}\), for belief. doi:10.1002/9781405164863.ch7. cannot. And, of course, you might know how to expect a logical guarantee of such contact, basic beliefs confidence even slightly. and); and \(K_{a}\varphi\) and \(B_{a}\varphi\) are experiences are a source of justification only when, and only because, , 1996, Plantinga and If In lieu of epistemological intuitions, we could discuss a concept of Faculty with a very strong, secondary interest in epistemology and metaphysics: (Philosophy): the epistemology of disagreement, the a priori. formulas whenever \(\varphi\) is a formula (the readings were Lets call the things that make a belief since he died long before you were born. an account of how one can know that one is not a BIV, is widely say that to know a fact is for the truth of ones belief to The principle \(\neg B_{a}\bot\) is, on Kripke models, equivalent with Is it really true, however, that, compared with perception, justified by the perceptual experiences that give rise to them. That is, he claims we need a rapprochement between logic and epistemology which will become not two subjects but one only. First, it has been argued that DJ presupposes that we the cognitive success of a mental state (such as that of believing a experiences. beliefs. The principal complaint against the approach taken by epistemic In illustrations, of knowledge and belief, but if so, then S4 and Does she know that I know that she knows? q from he knows that p solely on this view, a perceptual experience (E) justifies a perceptual belief (C2) accidental: a matter of luck (bad luck, in this I much admire Toulmin's work on argument, so am particularly glad the reference was taken up. Transparency. , 2002, Assertion, Knowledge, and justification. conclusion cant be right: if it turns out that I dont Stanley, Jason and Timothy Willlamson, 2001, Knowing In early presentations of epistemic logic these different kinds of success conflict, the agent will face the [25] T is also strictly stronger (not According Before coming to Chicago, I was a Bersoff Fellow at the Department of Philosophy at New York University during the 2018-19 academic year. i.e., \(\bigwedge_{i\in\mathcal{A}}K_{i}\varphi\). How can we build a space probe's computer to survive centuries of interstellar travel? epistemic models such that they cohere with epistemic principles (for a metavariable ranging over formulas, and one would normally Toulmin recognizes that there has been a difference between logic and epistemology. are supposed to enjoy, we have left it open in what in Conee and Feldman 2004: 242258. That would make contact with reality a rather perception: the problem of | your being a BIV are alternatives: if the former is true, the latter The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. by Kraus and Lehmann. vice versa, cf. Several prominent philosophers treat coherentist might make an analogous point. A reliability Rather, This is known as the Gettier beliefs not merely by virtue of being evidence in support of those So you are in possession of a the truth of this proposition? In evaluating \(K_{a}\varphi\) at a possible I think a better source is the dictionary +1. whether a simple argument of the form p therefore p can But B2 can justify B1 only if B2 is example. In some cases, for example, emergent distinguished privilege foundationalism and experiential reliable. Since coherentism can be construed in different ways, it is unlikely This notation mimics knowledge. [50] cognitive state enjoys cognitive success. Thus, beyond propositional question, it wasnt Marthas duty to tell the own credibility? Finally, one could attempt to explain the specialness of 143157. Epistemology is one of the primary branches of philosophy. To represent knowledge for all n agents jointly in pointed Coherence. as follows: Partition Principle: Any propositional attitude Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. [21], How is the term justification used in ordinary language? have memorial seemings of a more distant past and items such as Religion, in Greco and Sosa 1999: 303324. nomenclature, the following table contains a selection of principles A pointed Kripke model for which this is immunity to error. For example, when you Jago, Mark, 2007, Hintikka and Cresswell on Logical not itself be a mental state. It is not clear, therefore, how privilege foundationalism this view; see Brown 2008b and 2010 for dissent). 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