The Mixed Theory of Internalism-Externalism in Sosa’s Virtue-Based Epistemology

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faculty of jame almostafa

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Externalism and Internalism are among the most discussed problems in epistemology. Internalism includes two fundamental elements: a) the epistemic justification depends on having good evidence for a belief; b) what justifies a person’s beliefs must be something accessible to them. Externalism concentrates on the reliability of the causal process through which the belief was produced. Virtue-based theory of Ernest Sosa offered the possibility of a mixed theory: Externalism-Internalism theory. Virtue-based epistemology is an externalist approach, but what makes Sosa’s view externalist is the necessity of cognitive access of the believer to the fact that the belief-producing process is reliable.

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New Intellectual Research
Volume 2, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
September 2017
Pages 9-30

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