Understanding undermining defeat

• Autores: Giacomo Melis
• Localización: Philosophical Studies, ISSN-e 1573-0883, Vol. 170, Nº. 3, 2014, págs. 433-442
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Taking the inspiration from some points made by Scott Sturgeon and Albert Casullo, I articulate a view according to which an important difference between undermining and overriding defeaters is that the former require the subject to engage in some higher-order epistemic thinking, while the latter don�t. With the help of some examples, I argue that underminers push the cognizer to reflect on the way she formed a belief by challenging the epistemic worthiness of either the source of justification or the specific justificatory process. By contrast, overriders needn�t pose any such challenge. I also consider some problems for the proposed view, and I put forward some possible solutions. Finally, I provide some details on how undermining defeat works in different cases.