Abstract

ZULUAGA, Mauricio. AGRIPA’S PROBLEM. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2005, vol.54, n.128, pp.61-88. ISSN 0120-0062.

Agrippa’s Problem: The purpose of this paper is to present the triple problem (trilemma) of Agrippa that questions the possibility of reaching an epistemological justification of empirical knowledge. A possible reconstruction of such problem is one that is based on the problem of the regresum ad infinitum -one of Agripa’s modes. In this paper, a reconstruction of this problem will be presented by means of a reduction ad absurdum argument. The attempts of solving the absurd lead to the remaining two modes of Agrippa’s triple problem.

Keywords : philosophical scepticism; epistemic justification; epistemic regress; foundationalism; coherentism; internalism; externalism.

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