Infinite Regresses of Justification

International Philosophical Quarterly 28 (4):421-437 (1988)
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This paper uses a schema for infinite regress arguments to provide a solution to the problem of the infinite regress of justification. The solution turns on the falsity of two claims: that a belief is justified only if some belief is a reason for it, and that the reason relation is transitive.

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10.5840/ipq198828429

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