A Defense of Naturalistic Naturalized Epistemology

Naturalistic naturalized epistemology combines ontological naturalism with naturalized epistemology. Ontological naturalism is the view that nothing exists other than spatio-temporal beings embedded within a space-time framework. Naturalized epistemology is a view about the nature of knowledge char...

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Main Author: John Lemos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 2019-01-01
Series:Crítica
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Online Access:https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/1052
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Summary:Naturalistic naturalized epistemology combines ontological naturalism with naturalized epistemology. Ontological naturalism is the view that nothing exists other than spatio-temporal beings embedded within a space-time framework. Naturalized epistemology is a view about the nature of knowledge characterized by its commitment to externalism and the idea that knowledge consists in beliefs reliably generated by cognitive mechanisms operating in a suitable environment. Alvin Plantinga has provided a much discussed evolutionary biological argument against naturalistic naturalized epistemology. In this article I defend naturalistic naturalized epistemology by refuting Plantinga's replies to two important criticisms of his argument.
ISSN:0011-1503
1870-4905