justified belief

collocation in English

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justified
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪd/us
/ˈdʒʌs.tə.faɪd/
having a good reason ...
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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk
/bɪˈliːf/us
/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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Now, it may well be that the principle (for bothjustifiedbeliefand knowledge) fails in general.
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If such is in principle beyond our grasp,justifiedbeliefgets jettisoned.
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He formulates a criterion of rationallyjustifiedbeliefon that basis.
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It is a process by which the group itself arrives atjustifiedbelief.
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Chapter 3 then uses this concept of explanation to explicate justification : ajustifiedbeliefis one for which someone has offered explanatory reasons.
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Being situated as we are in a secular culture, we can conceive of certain possibilities forjustifiedbeliefthat we cannot quite imagine being actual for us.
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For any givenjustifiedbelief(or instance of knowledge), one can easily identify many different (concurrently operating) processes from which the belief results.
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So, she has an accidentally true,justifiedbelief.
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But if he follows the strong requirement forjustifiedbelief, then his thought process will follow the previous mentioned steps exactly.
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Coherentism thus claims, minimally, that not all knowledge andjustifiedbeliefrest ultimately on a foundation of noninferential knowledge orjustifiedbelief.
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According to this argument, ajustifiedbeliefrequires an endless supply of reasons.
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These weaker claims can be assigned the title of virtual knowledge, but must be tojustifiedbelief.
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One has ajustifiedbeliefthat "p" if, and only if, the belief is the result of a reliable process.
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Foundationalism holds that all knowledge andjustifiedbeliefare ultimately based upon what are called properly basic beliefs.
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Collective reasoning on this view isn't just a way for individuals to arrive at justified beliefs.
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For example, one can experience emotional inertia - holding onto emotional responses that are no longer tied to one's rationally justified beliefs.
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This idea foresaw the demise of evidentialism in the 20th century and sought to groundjustifiedbelief in an unwavering principle that would prove more beneficial.
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So, for example, inferences based on epistemically justified beliefs, explicit arguments, and one's feelings and experiences would all count as evidence.
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Bach presents his own theory as to what constitutesjustifiedbeliefwhich he calls the taking-for-granted principle.
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Kim argues that mere description of belief-forming practices can not account forjustifiedbelief.
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