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Single Idea 19708
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism
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Full Idea
In Foley's subjective internalist account it is egocentrically rational for an agent to believe a proposition only if he would think on deep reflection that believing it is conducive to having an accurate and comprehensive belief system.
Gist of Idea
Rational internal belief is conviction that a proposition enhances a belief system
Source
report of Richard Foley (The Theory of Epistemic Rationality [1987], 2.1 B) by Hamid Vahid - Externalism/Internalism
Book Ref
'Routledge Companion to Epistemology', ed/tr. Bernecker,S/Pritchard,D [Routledge 2014], p.149
A Reaction
I like this idea, because it indicates the link between internalism and coherence about justification. I don't think you can be an externalist coherence theorist for justification. [Reminder: Paul Thagard is the best writer on coherence].
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[reasons to favour internalist justifcation]:
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604
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Knowledge is mind and knowing 'cohabiting'
[Lycophron, by Aristotle]
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2087
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A rational account might be seeing an image of one's belief, like a reflection in a mirror
[Plato]
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2090
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A rational account involves giving an image, or analysis, or giving a differentiating mark
[Plato]
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4835
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Anyone who knows, must know that they know, and even know that they know that they know..
[Spinoza]
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8101
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To know is to see inside oneself
[Joubert]
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21771
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Consciousness derives its criterion of knowledge from direct knowledge of its own being
[Hegel]
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8804
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Reasons for beliefs are not the same as evidence
[Davidson]
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6871
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We can't only believe things if we are currently conscious of their justification - there are too many
[Goldman]
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6872
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Internalism must cover Forgotten Evidence, which is no longer retrievable from memory
[Goldman]
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6874
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Internal justification needs both mental stability and time to compute coherence
[Goldman]
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8830
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A belief can be justified when the person has forgotten the evidence for it
[Goldman]
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8814
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Epistemic norms are internalised procedural rules for reasoning
[Pollock]
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2749
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For internalists we must actually know that the fact caused the belief
[Dancy,J]
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2770
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Internalists tend to favour coherent justification, but not the coherence theory of truth
[Dancy,J]
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2739
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Internalism about justification implies that there is a right to believe something
[Audi,R]
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6373
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Internalism says if anything external varies, the justifiability of the belief does not vary
[Pollock/Cruz]
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19708
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Rational internal belief is conviction that a proposition enhances a belief system
[Foley, by Vahid]
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4724
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Internalists say the reasons for belief must be available to the subject, and externalists deny this
[O'Grady]
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19498
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Epistemic internalism usually says justification must be accessible by reflection
[Pritchard,D]
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19679
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'Access' internalism says responsibility needs access; weaker 'mentalism' needs mental justification
[Kvanvig]
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19682
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Internalists are much more interested in evidence than externalists are
[McGrew]
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19705
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'Mentalist' internalism seems to miss the main point, if it might not involve an agent's access
[Vahid]
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19706
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Strong access internalism needs actual awareness; weak versions need possibility of access
[Vahid]
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19707
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Maybe we need access to our justification, and also to know why it justifies
[Vahid]
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