Acquaintance and the Problem of the Speckled Hen

Author: Poston, Ted

Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 132, Number 2, January 2007 , pp. 331-346(16)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

This paper responds to Ernest Sosa's recent criticism of Richard Fumerton's acquaintance theory. Sosa argues that Fumerton's account of non-inferential justification falls prey to the problem of the speckled hen. I argue that Sosa's criticisms are both illuminating and interesting but that Fumerton's theory can escape the problem of the speckled hen. More generally, the paper shows that an internalist account of non-inferential justification can survive the powerful objections of the Sellarsian dilemma and the problem of the speckled hen.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-005-2221-9

Affiliations: 1: Email: tlptfc@mizzou.edu

Publication date: 2007-01-01