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Jaegwon Kim is fundamentally linked to the concept of justification through his philosophical critiques, where he argues that justification is a defining, non-negotiable component of epistemology [1], [2]. He specifically analyzes the role of justification in contrast to Quine's naturalized epistemology [3], [4].
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Naturalized Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimJaegwon Kim argues that Willard Van Orman Quine's naturalized epistemology studies a different topic than traditional epistemology, specifically shifting focus from questions of rationality, justification, and knowledge to the causal connections between sensory evidence and beliefs.
quoteJaegwon Kim stated in his 1988 critical discussion of Quine's 'Naturalized Epistemology': '...if a belief is justified, that must be so because it has certain factual, non-epistemic properties...That it is a justified belief cannot be a brute fundamental fact... [it] must be grounded in the factual descriptive properties of that particular belief.'
Naturalized epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimJaegwon Kim argues that modern epistemology is defined by the normative concepts of justification and reliability, and that removing these concepts eliminates the common sense meaning of knowledge.
quoteJaegwon Kim asserts that the defining characteristic of an epistemological study is the notion of justification, stating: "If justification drops out of epistemology, knowledge itself drops out of epistemology."