PRIMA AND ULTIMA FACIE EPISTEMIC JUSTIFICATION

Authors

  • Lionara Fusari (PUCRS) PUCRS/Brasil

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss about epistemic justification, focusing on prima facie and ultima facie ‘distinction’. First I will present the origin of this distinction. Then, I will offer some examples to illustrate the point and to make this notion more clear. Finally, I will give a more extensive example showing when a person can pass from prima facie to ultima facie justification. The central idea of it is that when a person suffers the epistemic defeating in his/her justification, she/he is only prima facie justified. Otherwise, if a person doesn’t suffer the epistemic defeating, or overcomes it, consequently she/he is ultima facie justified. KEY WORDS: Epistemic justification. Prima facie. Ultima facie.

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Published

2009-10-13

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Fusari (PUCRS), L. (2009). PRIMA AND ULTIMA FACIE EPISTEMIC JUSTIFICATION. Intuitio, 2(2), 75–81. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/intuitio/article/view/5940

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2009)

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