Metaphysics & Logic Seminar Frederick Andersen Title: An Argument Against Justification Holism in the Epistemology of Logic
Abstract:E-sentences (entailment-sentences) are metalinguistic sentences like , , and . This type of sentences is found at the heart of the epistemology of logic as their truth-values tell us what follows from what.Justification holismsays that beliefs regarding E-sentences can only be justified in the context of a logical theory, e.g. classical, intuitionistic, paraconsistent etc. Thus,…