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Essay heading: A Contextual Theory of Epistemic Justification
 
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"The Regress Argument" ? The Regress argument is supported by many Foundationalists because it denies the Coherentism theory and it has a belief that there is a sequence of beliefs to finding justification. - Contextualism believes that there is no set of reasons a person must have in order to possess knowledge of something...
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This makes Contextualism more beneficial than Foundationalism in regards to the Regress Argument because even if someone who has no prior knowledge of a belief is reviewed by strict objectors, they can still be found to have a justified belief. Objections: 1. One must be able to prove why they are justified in believing something and not just meet the principles of justification...
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A Contextual Theory of Epistemic Justification   Explain ?The Regress Argument' for Foundationalism. Why does Dancy hold that this argument is fallacious?   The Problems Of Justified True Belief   True Justified Beliefs   Justification In Knowledge   Infinitism: An Interesting Assessment of Justified Belief   Cosmological Argument vs Big Bang Theory   How A Knowledge Claim Can Be Tested For Justification?   Kogut and Zander's theory of evolutionary theory versus internationalization theory   Describe the three main kinds of ethical theory. Which do you think is the better theory, and why?   Theory and practice of group counseling Book Review   Group theory   Are Group Rights Justified?   Group Development and Interaction Theory   How do beliefs about the World, and beliefs about what is valuable, influence the pursuit of knowledge? TOK  
 
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