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Internalism and the Notion of Justification

  • Internalism holds that justification depends entirely on the individual's internal mental states
  • This view asserts that external factors, such as the environment, are irrelevant to the justification of beliefs

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Cardiologist, scientist, and former airborne officer

Sanford C. Goldberg’s Internalism and Externalism in Semantics and Epistemology explores the debate between internalism, which argues that justification depends on internal mental states, and externalism, which emphasizes external factors like truth and causality. The book is important for addressing how these theories impact knowledge, skepticism, and our understanding of justification.

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