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Traditional epistemology is fundamentally concerned with the epistemic quality, justification, and rationality of beliefs [1], [2]. It examines the relationship between evidence and beliefs [3], [4], [5] and addresses how skeptical arguments challenge the validity of these beliefs [6], [7].
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Naturalized Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 6 facts
claimTraditional epistemologists often assume that evidence for beliefs about the mental states of others consists primarily of observations of their behavior, then question whether that evidence is sufficient to justify those beliefs.
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.
accountTraditional epistemologists attempted to derive statements about the world from statements about sensations to show that science has an adequate foundation, operating on the premise that if beliefs about the world could be derived from certain beliefs about sensations, then the derived truths about the world would also be certain.
claimHilary Kornblith defends a view close to Quinean Replacement Naturalism, arguing that traditional epistemologists who abandon the Cartesian program of deriving beliefs from certain foundations end up endorsing principles that merely ratify their pre-existing beliefs.
claimTraditional epistemology focuses on questions of rationality, justification, and whether an epistemic support relation holds between basic evidence and beliefs about the world.
claimSkeptical arguments considered by traditional epistemologists typically rely on premises that specify a necessary condition for knowledge and premises that assert people's beliefs fail to satisfy that condition.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimTraditional epistemology focuses on assessing the epistemic quality of a subject's beliefs to determine if they are justified or instances of knowledge.