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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Naturalized Epistemology"”.
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Varieties of Naturalized Epistemology: Criticisms and Alternatives
"Naturalized epistemology---the recent attempt to transform the theory of knowledge into a branch of natural science---is often criticized for dispensing with the distinctively philosophical content of epistemology. In this dissertation, I argue that epistemologists are correct to reject …
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Connectionism and the integration of error : applications in naturalized epistemology and minimal rationality
Traditional epistemology has it that the pursuit of knowledge is predicated on two inter-connected goals: the generation of meaningful truths and the avoidance of error. This is neatly summarized in the conventional definition of knowledge as justified true belief In the following thesis I trace …
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Confronting the Normativity Objection: W.V. Quine’s Engineering Model and Michael A. Bishop and J.D. Trout’s Strategic Reliabilism
… Trout confront the normativity objection against naturalized epistemology. In Chapter One, normativity in epistemology is introduced, followed by a brief look over Quine’s grievances against the traditional approach to epistemology. Quine rejects traditional epistemology and assimilates …
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Naturalizing epistemology : reconsidering Quine and Nietzsche
… for ways to construct a more viable normative epistemology--the part of epistemology that focuses on normative notions such as rationality, justification, evidence, and reasons--for a branch of naturalism called replacement naturalism. The replacement naturalist, in contrast to other types of …