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Naturalized Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 3 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.
claimTraditional epistemologists debate whether knowledge and justification require conclusive reasons, strong reasons, or if they rely on factors like reliability, causal connectedness, explanatory power, or wide acceptance.
claimTraditional epistemology focuses on questions of rationality, justification, and whether an epistemic support relation holds between basic evidence and beliefs about the world.
Naturalized epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveHilary Putnam argues that replacing traditional epistemology with naturalized epistemology would eliminate the normative, which is necessary for concepts like justification, rational acceptability, and warranted assertibility.