Among many reasons for which contemporary philosophers take coherentism in epistemology seriously, the most important is probably the perceived inadequacy of alternative accounts, most notably misgivings about foundationalism. But coherentism also receives straightforward support from cases in which beliefs are apparently justified by their coherence. From the perspective of those against coher...

The future role for methodology will be conditioned both by the way in which its content has developed in the direction of pluralism, and by the growth and specialisation of the field. The paper suggests that, for methodology to steer a successful course between foundationalism and relativism, there needs to be clarity about the meta-methodological frameworks which methodologists employ (since ...

This essay analyses the concept of ' base' in relation to its use in evidence-based medicine (EBM). It evaluates the extent to which evidence provides a sufficient base for health care to rest and discusses whether medicine needs a base, and, if so, what are the other possible candidates. This paper will argue that EBM is linked epistemologically to the theory of foundationalism and shows how i...


 This paper warns against misunderstanding the logical empiricists’ take on concepts of experience and empiricism. Far from expressing traditionalist way-of-ideas conceptions, these were themselves rethought refashioned to accord with their overall aim making contemporary philosophy science fit for purpose. To this end, disarms supposed counter-examples Schlick’s foundationalism Carnap’s ...

belief in the existence of god has always been attacked by opponents. one of them is the so called evidentalism challenge. in this paper, the opinions of allama muhammad hussain tabataba, and alvin plantinga about the above mentioned challenge are discussed and compared. although both believe that belief in god does’nt need to be proved and arguments just support the faith but, belonging to a t...

one of the approaches which defends the rationality of religious beliefs is the reformed epistemology. among reformed epistemologists, wolterstorff’s view is subject to less criticism. this article tries to present epistemological foundations of wolterstorff’s view by describing and analyzing the statements which he has offered in his works. wolterstorff’s epistemological foundations are explai...

1. Foundationalists and coherentists disagree over the structure of the part of the mental state corpus that is relevant for epistemic achievement Given the goals of a theory of epistemic justification and the trajectory of the debate over the last three decades, it is not difficult to see how structural questions possess a kind of immediacy. In order to undertake an epistemic evaluation of a b...

Abstract The idea of ‘the given’ and its alleged problematic status as most famously articulated by Sellars (1956, 1981) continues to be at the center heated controversies about foundationalism in epistemology, ‘conceptualism’ nonconceptual content philosophy perception, nature experiential given phenomenology cognitive sciences. I argue that question just what myth is supposed first place more...