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Ideas for Pierre Gassendi, M. Tullius Cicero and Michael Williams

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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues

3564	Is it people who are justified, or propositions? [Williams,M]
	Full Idea: What exactly is supposed to be 'justified': a person's believing some particular proposition, or the proposition that he believes?
	From: Michael Williams (Problems of Knowledge [2001], Ch. 1)
	A reaction: A key distinction. See my comment on Idea 3752. What would justify a sign saying 'treasure buried here'? People can be justified in believing falsehoods. How could a false proposition be justified?

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / a. Agrippa's trilemma

8851	Coherentists say that regress problems are assuming 'linear' justification [Williams,M]
	Full Idea: From the point of view of the coherentist, Agrippa's Dilemma fails because it presupposes a 'linear' conception of justifying inference.
	From: Michael Williams (Without Immediate Justification [2005], §2)
	A reaction: [He cites Bonjour 1985 for this view] Since a belief may have several justifications, and one belief could justify a host of others, there certainly isn't a simple line of justifications. I agree with the coherentist picture here.