Two dogmas of empirical justification

Lyons, J. (2020) Two dogmas of empirical justification. Philosophical Issues, 30(1), pp. 221-237. (doi: 10.1111/phis.12182)

Abstract

Nearly everyone agrees that perception gives us justification and knowledge, and a great number of epistemologists endorse a particular two‐part view about how this happens. That view is that perceptual beliefs get their justification from perceptual experiences, and that they do so by being based on them. Despite the wide acceptance of these two views, I think that neither has very much going for it; on the contrary, there's good reason not to believe either one of them.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Lyons, Professor Jack
• Authors: Lyons, J.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy
• Journal Name: Philosophical Issues
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
• ISSN: 1533-6077
• ISSN (Online): 1758-2237
• Published Online: 14 September 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Philosophical Issues 30(1):221-237
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License