Infinitism, finitude and normativity
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Infinitism, finitude and normativity
I evaluate two new objections to an infinitist account of epistemic justification, and conclude that they fail to raise any new problems for infinitism. The new objections are a refined version of the finite-mind objection, which says infinitism demands more than finite minds can muster, and the normativity objection, which says infinitism entails that we are epistemically blameless in holding ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Studies
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0031-8116,1573-0883
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-011-9846-7