James Fodor & David Pallman Debate Epistemology Coherentism vs Foundationalism
Atheist philosopher James Fodor argues that beliefs are justified by the explanatory coherence of one's whole cognitive state, against Christian apologist David Pallman's classical acquaintance foundationalism, with the debate converging on whether concept-laden perception can ever serve as a non-inferential foundation for knowledge.
coherentism · epistemology · foundationalism · justification · knowledge-based sense · skepticism
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