Justification and the Uniqueness Thesis

Logos and Episteme (4):571-577 (2012)
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Abstract

In this paper, I offer two counterexamples to the so-called ‘Uniqueness Thesis.’ As one of these examples rely on the thesis that it is possible for a justified belief to be based on an inconsistent body of evidence, I also offer reasons for this further thesis. On the assumption that doxastic justification entails propositional justification, the counterexamples seem to work.

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Epistemic permissiveness.Roger White - 2005 - Philosophical Perspectives 19 (1):445–459.
The Case for Rational Uniqueness.Jonathan Matheson - 2011 - Logic and Episteme 2 (3):359-373.

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