The Problem of Partial Justifications

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/rfmc.v6i2.22104

Keywords:

partial justifications, possibility, contingency, indetermination

Abstract

It is common that some propositions and their respective negations be both justified. This gives rise to the problem of partial justification. It is introduced and three solutions are evaluated, discussed and examined.

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Author Biography

Alexandre Costa-Leite, Universidade de Brasília

Professor adjunto do Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade de Brasília. Doutor em Filosofia pela Université de Neuchâtel (Suíça). Pós-doutorado financiado pela Swiss National Science Foundation na City University of New York (The Graduate Center - EUA) e pós-doutorado na UNICAMP financiado pela FAPESP. Estágios de doutorado na Universiteit Amsterdam (Holanda), na Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal) e na École Normale Supérieure de Paris (França). Foi pesquisador associado do Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência (CLE-UNICAMP). Suas pesquisas são em lógica, filosofia da lógica, metafísica e epistemologia.

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Published

2018-12-28

How to Cite

COSTA-LEITE, Alexandre. The Problem of Partial Justifications. Journal of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, [S. l.], v. 6, n. 2, p. 95–104, 2018. DOI: 10.26512/rfmc.v6i2.22104. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/fmc/article/view/22104. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.