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Chisholm on Perceptual Knowledge: Foundationalism versus Coherentism
Author(s) -
Lehrer Keith
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2003.00292.x
Subject(s) - coherentism , foundationalism , epistemology , philosophy , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , perception , foundation (evidence) , psychology , law , mathematics , political science , statistics
Chisholm refuted phenomenalism as a theory of the justification of perceptual beliefs. He argued, following Thomas Reid, that some perceptual beliefs were justified in themselves, which provided a foundation for empirical knowledge. The question that remains is whether the foundational justification provided offers an adequate explanation of how justification is connected with truth. The search for a truth connection led me from foundationalism to a coherence theory of justification that, contrary to my intentions, was inspired by an observation of Chisholm himself.