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Modal Justification via TheoriesTEM’s Details

Modal Justification via Theories: TEM’s Details [According to TEM, a person is justified in believing an interesting modal claim, p, if and only if (a) she is justified in believing a theory according to which p is true, (b) she believes p on the basis of that theory, and (c) she has no defeaters for her belief that p. Accordingly, we need a story about how we come to justifiably believe theories, a story about theories on which they have modal content, and a story about what it is to believe a claim on the basis of a theory. This chapter provides the second and third story, and explains why I can leave the problem of theory confirmation for others.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Modal Justification via TheoriesTEM’s Details

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 380)
Fischer, Bob
Modal Justification via Theories — Dec 16, 2016
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
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978-3-319-49126-4
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17 –31
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-49127-1_2
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[According to TEM, a person is justified in believing an interesting modal claim, p, if and only if (a) she is justified in believing a theory according to which p is true, (b) she believes p on the basis of that theory, and (c) she has no defeaters for her belief that p. Accordingly, we need a story about how we come to justifiably believe theories, a story about theories on which they have modal content, and a story about what it is to believe a claim on the basis of a theory. This chapter provides the second and third story, and explains why I can leave the problem of theory confirmation for others.]

Published: Dec 16, 2016

Keywords: Mental Model; Modal Content; Semantic View; Theoretical Hypothesis; Metaphysical Theory

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