John Buridan’s Answer to Skepticism
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Later medieval philosophers were confronted with a radical skeptical challenge arising from the doctrine of divine omnipotence. John Buridan (ca. 1300-61) suggested an intriguing solution to this challenge with his theory of certainty and evidentness. Most scholars have concluded that his solution relies upon his fallibilist conception of knowledge and justification. In this paper, I argue that, despite its intuitive appeal, the fallibilist interpretation is problematic and that once we fully appreciate Buridan’s epistemology, it will emerge as a restricted form of infallibilism.
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Later medieval philosophers were confronted with a radical skeptical challenge arising from the doctrine of divine omnipotence. John Buridan (ca. 1300-61) suggested an intriguing solution to this challenge with his theory of certainty and evidentness. Most scholars have concluded that his solution relies upon his fallibilist conception of knowledge and justification. In this paper, I argue that, despite its intuitive appeal, the fallibilist interpretation is problematic and that once we fully appreciate Buridan’s epistemology, it will emerge as a restricted form of infallibilism.