Abstract

MIRANDA ROJAS, Rafael. Bootstrapping and a priori justification. discus.filos [online]. 2014, vol.15, n.25, pp.83-94. ISSN 0124-6127.

This paper proposes an a priori solution to the so-called bootstrapping problem. To do this, it is first considered Cohen (2010) dilemma and the disastrous consequence (CD) that is derived from this dilemma. To avoid CD, the notion of defeasible reasoning is proposed, whose main characteristics are: (i) a priority and (ii) admission of implicit reasons (RI) not subject to justificatory a posteriori problem. It is argued that RI is the result of a central distinction between weak and strong reading of nexus No doubt/Rely on. Then, RI meets the role of discarding the defeater contingently in occasion O.

Keywords : Boostrapping; a priori justification; implicit reason; defeasible reasoning.

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