Understanding, justification and the agglomeration of risks of error
Abstract
Abstract A common motivation for denying the closure of justification under conjunction introduction is that it leads to paradox. In this paper, we argue that any adequate account of understanding involves rejecting the idea that agglomeration of justification across conjunctions is limited in the way critics of closure think it is, and we explore some of the epistemological implications of this insight.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Epistemology
Ethics
and Metaphysics
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Philosophy and History of Science
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Philosophical Studies
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Publication date
- 4 March 2026
- Language
- EN