justification
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philosophy of science
- In philosophy of science: Logics of discovery and justification
An ideal theory of scientific method would consist of instructions that could lead an investigator from ignorance to knowledge. Descartes and Bacon sometimes wrote as if they could offer so ideal a theory, but after the mid-20th century the orthodox view was that this…
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role in Plato’s epistemology
- In epistemology: Plato
…a word, the person lacks justification. Using such arguments, Plato contends that knowledge is justified true belief.
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