Lexicon of Arguments

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II 365
Justification/"good" circle/circular/Field: (Black, 1958(1), Dummett 1978(2), Friedman 1979(3), van Cleve, 1984(4)) E.g.: A deductive explanation of deduction gives us a kind of reasonable explanation as to why we should prefer it to alternatives.
Field: that is an explanation, but not a justification. An explanation can only be a justification if there is a risk that there is no explanation at all.
II 386
Circular/Circularity/circular/Cognitive Theory/Induction/Field: the circle is an undeniable fundamental fact of epistemology: we need factual beliefs, which in turn can only be achieved by means of induction rules or perceptual rules.
>Induction.

1. Black, Max. 1958. Self-supporting Inductive Arguments. Journal of PHilosophy 55, 718-25
2. Dummett, Michael. 1978. Truth and Other Enigmas. Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University Press
3. Friedman, Michael. 1979. Truth and Confirmation. Journal of Philosophy 76, 361-82
4. van Cleve, James. 1984. Reliability, Justification, and the Problem of Induction. Midwest Studies in Philosophy 9 (1):555-567

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