Acceptable Premises: An Epistemic Approach to an Informal Logic Problem

James B. Freeman

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Acknowledgments
pp xiii-xiv

PART 1 - ACCEPTABILITY: DIALECTICAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL COSIDERATIONS
pp 1-2

1 - Why Do We Need a Theory of Acceptability?
pp 3-20

2 - Acceptability and Presumption
pp 21-37

3 - Factors Determining Presumption: Basic Considerations
pp 38-72

4 - Epistemological Considerations: Acceptability, Deontology, Internalism, Justification
pp 73-90

PART 2 - STATEMENTS, BELIEF-GENERATING MECHANISMS, AND PRESUMPTIVE RELIABILITY
pp 91-92

5 - What Types of Statements Are There?
pp 93-113

6 - Necessary Statements and A Priori Intuition
pp 114-123

7 - Descriptions and Their Belief-Generating Mechanisms
pp 124-142

8 - Interpretations and Their Modes of Intuition
pp 143-217

9 - Evaluations and the Moral Faculties
pp 218-280

10 - Taking One's Word: The Interpersonal Belief-Generating Mechanism
pp 281-316

PART 3 - PRACTICE AND PERSPECTIVE
pp 317-318

11 - An Outline of the Practice of Epistemic Casuistry
pp 319-366

12 - Theoretical Considerations: A Commonsense Foundationalism
pp 367-378

Notes
pp 379-388

References
pp 389-394

Index
pp 395-401

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