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Reason is identified as a fundamental source of justification in epistemology [1], [2], and [3], while specific philosophical perspectives like rationalism [4] and Hume's skepticism [5] debate its capacity to provide such justification.

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claimEpistemologists investigate sources of justification, including perception, introspection, memory, reason, and testimony, to discover how knowledge arises.

claimSources of justification are cognitive capacities or methods through which people acquire justification, with commonly discussed sources including perception, introspection, memory, reason, and testimony.

claimRationalists understand reason as a source of justification for non-empirical facts, allowing people to know about mathematical, logical, and conceptual truths.

Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2 facts

claimDavid Hume argues that reason is incapable of providing justification for any belief about the external world that extends beyond the scope of current sense perceptions.

claimReliabilism, a prominent version of externalism, suggests that the justification of a belief depends on the source of that belief, such as sense experience, reason, testimony, or memory.