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13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / a. Agrippa's trilemma

2731	Justification is either unanchored (infinite or circular), or anchored (in knowledge or non-knowledge) [Audi,R]
	Full Idea: There are four possible kinds of epistemic chain: infinite and unanchored, circular and unanchored, anchored in a belief which is not knowledge, and anchored in a belief which is bedrock knowledge.
	From: Robert Audi (Epistemology: contemporary introduction [1998], VII p.183)
	A reaction: About right, though I don't think 'chain' is the right word for what is proposed if justification is to be coherent. The justifications float like lilies in the pond of reason, and a Self (Monet?) seems needed to assess the picture

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism

2739	Internalism about justification implies that there is a right to believe something [Audi,R]
	Full Idea: Internalists about justification tend to conceive of it as a matter of having a right to believe something.
	From: Robert Audi (Epistemology: contemporary introduction [1998], VIII p.234)
	A reaction: I'm an internalist, but I don't understand this, unless it refers to the social aspect of justification. Can I grant myself internal rights? I can justify my belief to other people.