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[from 'Infinitism solution to regress problem' by Peter Klein, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / e. Pro-foundations ]

Full Idea

An endless chain of inferential justifications can never ultimately explain why any link in the chain is justified.

Gist of Idea

If justification is endless, no link in the chain is ultimately justified

Source

comment on Peter Klein (Infinitism solution to regress problem [2005]) by Carl Ginet - Infinitism not solution to regress problem p.148

Book Reference

'Contemporary Debates in Epistemology', ed/tr. Steup,M/Sosa,E [Blackwell 2005], p.148


A Reaction

This strikes me as a mere yearning for foundations. I don't see sense-experience or the natural light of human reason (or the word of God, for that matter) as in any way 'ultimate'. It's all evidence to be evaluated.