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ON ULTIMATE EPISTEMIC FOUNDATIONS 1
Author(s) -
Woudenberg René
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
ratio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-9329
pISSN - 0034-0006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9329.1995.tb00078.x
Subject(s) - foundationalism , epistemology , argument (complex analysis) , ambiguity , philosophy , transcendental number , section (typography) , computer science , linguistics , biochemistry , operating system , chemistry
This paper is a contribution to the debate on epistemic foundationalism. Section I expounds and criticises Hans Albert's critical rationalist antifoundationalism position. Section I1 discusses Karl‐Otto Apel's ‘transcendental pragmatic’ argument for ultimate epistemic foundations. Section III suggests how the latter argument can be restated so as to avoid ambiguity and yield a plausible case for epistemic foundationalism.