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The concept of justification is the central subject of study in epistemology, which defines it through the lens of what constitutes a justified belief [1]. Various theories, such as foundationalism, coherentism, and infinitism, describe the structural requirements for a belief to be considered a justified belief {fact:3, fact:7, fact:10, fact:11}.
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Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 6 facts
claimThe regress argument concludes that if justified beliefs exist, there must be basic beliefs that do not derive their justification from other beliefs.
claimThe regress argument for foundationalism posits that for any justified belief (B1), if it is not basic, it must be justified by another belief (B2), which in turn requires justification, leading to an infinite chain or a loop unless the chain terminates in a basic belief.
claimExperiential foundationalism combines two crucial ideas: (i) when a justified belief is basic, its justification is not owed to any other belief; (ii) what in fact justifies basic beliefs are experiences.
formulaEpistemic Basicality (EB) defines a subject's justified belief that p as basic if and only if the subject's justification for believing that p does not depend on any justification the subject possesses for believing a further proposition, q.
claimEpistemology as the study of justified belief addresses the concept of justification, what makes beliefs justified, and whether justification is internal or external to the mind.
claimDoxastic Coherentism asserts that every justified belief receives its justification from other beliefs located within its epistemic neighborhood.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
Epistemic Justification – Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology press.rebus.community 2 facts
claimExternalists claim their theories explain the truth-conduciveness of justification, asserting that justified beliefs are objectively likely to be true because they are more often true than false.
claimInfinitism is a theory of justification that posits that the structure of justification is neither foundationalist nor coherentist, but rather consists of an infinite number of appropriately structured, available reasons upon which a justified belief rests.
Naturalized Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimThe recursive nature of defining evidence through justified beliefs does not inherently invalidate the naturalistic status of the evidentialist definition of justification.