An Appraisal of Laurence Bonjour’s Internalist Foundationalism as a Theory of Epistemic Justification

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dc.contributor.advisorLauer, H.
dc.contributor.advisorAckah, K.
dc.contributor.authorArthur, S.D.
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Ghana, College of Humanities, School of Arts, Department of Philosophy and Classics
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-13T14:22:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-13T22:20:36Z
dc.date.available2017-01-13T14:22:07Z
dc.date.available2017-10-13T22:20:36Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.descriptionThesis(MPHIL)-University of Ghana, 2016
dc.description.abstractThis thesis focuses on the issue of how we, human beings, can show that our beliefs about our physical environment are justified. This is called the concept of epistemic justification. What is central to the concept of epistemic justification is the epistemic regress problem (regress problem). In relation to the regress problem, I will examine Laurence BonJour‟s thesis that basic beliefs which are „immediately‟ obtained from our sensory contacts with physical objects adequately prove other beliefs of ours as instances of justified beliefs. With this account, he claims that he has resolved the regress problem. Moreover, BonJour denies as inadequate D. M. Armstrong‟s and C. I. Lewis‟ various proposed solutions to the regress problem. My view is that BonJour‟s criticisms against the above mentioned philosophers are generally tenable. Nonetheless, I will argue that BonJour‟s own account fails to be adequate in resolving the regress problem. Hence, the analysis made in this study will show that his notion of basic beliefs cannot serve as adequate basis for justification.en_US
dc.format.extentVi, 100p: ill
dc.identifier.urihttp://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/21302
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Ghanaen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Ghana
dc.subjectLaurence Bonjour’s Internalist Foundationalismen_US
dc.subjectEpistemic Justificationen_US
dc.titleAn Appraisal of Laurence Bonjour’s Internalist Foundationalism as a Theory of Epistemic Justificationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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