THE FATE OF CONTEMPORARY EPISTEMOLOGY: BETWEEN EPISTEMIC REGRESS AND EPISTEMIC ABSOLUTISM
THE FATE OF CONTEMPORARY EPISTEMOLOGY: BETWEEN EPISTEMIC REGRESS AND EPISTEMIC ABSOLUTISM

Summary/Abstract: It seems that the central issue in contemporary epistemology is that of how best to justify our beliefs. This has plunged philosophers into an abysmal ocean of arguments and counter-arguments with no clear way of resolving the resultant epistemological controversies. Focal to this paper is the argument that the problems of epistemic justification as encountered in the contemporary epistemology are resolvable into either the problem of epistemic regress on the one hand, or the problem of epistemic absolutism, on the other. The paper concludes that, consequent upon the nonavailability of the third course, the contemporary epistemology has to choose between these two extremes to remain in the business of philosophizing.

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