Defeasible a priori justification: A reply to Thurow

Philosophical Quarterly 58 (231):336–343 (2008)
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Abstract

Joshua Thurow offers a defence of the claim that if a belief is defeasible by non-experiential evidence then it is defeasible by experiential evidence. He responds to an objection which I make against this claim, and offers two arguments in support of his own position. I show that Thurow's response misconstrues my objection, and that his supporting arguments fall short of their goal.

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Albert Casullo
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A priori knowledge for fallibilists.Aron Edidin - 1984 - Philosophical Studies 46 (2):189 - 197.
Experientially defeasible a priori justification.Joshua Thurow - 2006 - Philosophical Quarterly 56 (225):596–602.

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