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Single Idea 19506

[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / b. Pro-externalism ]

Full Idea

Standard epistemic internalism faces an uphill struggle when it comes to dealing with radical scepticism, which points in favour of epistemic externalist neo-Mooreanism.

Clarification

'Mooreanism' says common sense rebuts scepticism

Gist of Idea

Externalism is better than internalism in dealing with radical scepticism

Source

Duncan Pritchard (Epistemological Disjunctivism [2012], 3.§3)

Book Ref

Pritchard,Duncan: 'Epistemological Disjunctivism' [OUP 2012], p.119

A Reaction

I incline towards internalism. I deal with scepticism by being a fallibilist, and adding 'but you never know' to every knowledge claim, and then getting on with life.

The 5 ideas with the same theme [reasons to favour externalist justifcation]:

18260 If we knew what we know, we would be astonished [Kant]
3074 People's reasons for belief are rarely conscious [Harman]
8832 If justified beliefs are well-formed beliefs, then animals and young children have them [Goldman]
19506 Externalism is better than internalism in dealing with radical scepticism [Pritchard,D]
19709 Internalism in epistemology over-emphasises deliberation about beliefs [Vahid]