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- Stephen Hetherington (forthcoming). Elusive Epistemological Justification. Synthese.What does it take for some epistemological thinking to be epistemically justified? Indeed, is that outcome even possible? This paper argues that it is not possible: no epistemological thinking can ever be epistemically justified. A vicious infinite regress of epistemological reflection is the price that would have to be paid for having some such justification. Clearly, that price would be too high.In my reading list | Discuss this article | Edit | Categorize |My bibliography
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