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Skepticism, Justification and the Trustworthiness Argument

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The Epistemology of Keith Lehrer

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We must, therefore, in every reasoning form a new judgement, as a check or controul on our first judgement or belief; and must enlarge our view to comprehend a kind of history of all the instances, wherein our understanding has deceived us, compar’d with those, wherein its testimony was just and true.

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Bender, J.W. (2003). Skepticism, Justification and the Trustworthiness Argument. In: Olsson, E.J. (eds) The Epistemology of Keith Lehrer. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 95. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0013-0_17

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