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Single Idea 3704
[filed under theme 12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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Full Idea
Moderate rationalism preserves a priori justification, but rejects the idea that it is infallible.
Gist of Idea
Moderate rationalists believe in fallible a priori justification
Source
Laurence Bonjour (In Defence of Pure Reason [1998], §4.1)
Book Ref
Bonjour,Laurence: 'In Defense of Pure Reason' [CUP 1998], p.99
The
15 ideas
from 'In Defence of Pure Reason'
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3695
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Philosophy is a priori if it is anything
[Bonjour]
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3696
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A priori justification requires understanding but no experience
[Bonjour]
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3697
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The concept of possibility is prior to that of necessity
[Bonjour]
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3698
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Indeterminacy of translation is actually indeterminacy of meaning and belief
[Bonjour]
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3699
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The induction problem blocks any attempted proof of physical statements
[Bonjour]
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3701
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Externalist theories of justification don't require believers to have reasons for their beliefs
[Bonjour]
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3702
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Externalism means we have no reason to believe, which is strong scepticism
[Bonjour]
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3700
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Coherence can't be validated by appeal to coherence
[Bonjour]
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3704
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Moderate rationalists believe in fallible a priori justification
[Bonjour]
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3703
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You can't explain away a priori justification as analyticity, and you can't totally give it up
[Bonjour]
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3651
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Perceiving necessary connections is the essence of reasoning
[Bonjour]
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3706
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A priori justification can vary in degree
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3707
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Our rules of thought can only be judged by pure rational insight
[Bonjour]
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3708
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All thought represents either properties or indexicals
[Bonjour]
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3709
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Induction must go beyond the evidence, in order to explain why the evidence occurred
[Bonjour]
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