Single Idea 8885

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / d. Rational foundations]

Full Idea

Some intrinsic features of our thoughts are attributable to them directly, or foundationally, while others are attributable only based on counting or inference.

Gist of Idea

Some features of a thought are known directly, but others must be inferred

Source

Ernest Sosa (Beyond internal Foundations to external Virtues [2003], 7.5)

Book Reference

Bonjour,L/Sosa,E: 'Epistemic Justification' [Blackwells 2003], p.134


A Reaction

In practice the brain combines the two at a speed which makes the distinction impossible. I'll show you ten dot-patterns: you pick out the sixer. The foundationalist problem is that only those drained of meaning could be foundational.