Closure, defeasibility and conclusive reasons

Acta Analytica 22 (4):301 - 319 (2007)
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Abstract

It is argued, on the basis of new counterexamples, that neither knowledge nor epistemic justification (or “epistemic rationality”) can reasonably be thought to be closed under logical implication. The argument includes an attempt to reconcile the fundamental intuitions of the opposing parties in the debate.

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Claudio de Almeida
Pontifícia Universidade Católica Do Rio Grande Do Sul

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