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Full Idea
The internalist approach in epistemology seems to suggest an over-inellectualized and deliberative picture of our belief-forming activities.
Gist of Idea
Internalism in epistemology over-emphasises deliberation about beliefs
Source
Hamid Vahid (Externalism/Internalism [2011], 2.2 B)
Book Ref
'Routledge Companion to Epistemology', ed/tr. Bernecker,S/Pritchard,D [Routledge 2014], p.150
A Reaction
This strikes me as confused. The question is not how do I arrive at my beliefs but what justifies my believing them, and what justifies the beliefs in themselves? My head is full of daft beliefs produced by TV advertising.
| 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] |