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Comment on Sagal

Abner Shimony

pp. 333-336

Abstract

Sagal criticizes naturalistic epistemology genetically for falling short of the mission of justifying the sciences with "no circles and no gaps," and he outlines a program, essentially along the lines of Paul Lorenzen's constructive philosophy, which is intended to carry out that mission. I shall present some reasons for believing that the constructive program is unachievable. The answer which I shall then offer to Sagal's criticisms of naturalistic epistemology is based in large part upon the inevitability of curtailing our philosophical ambitions.

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Published in:

Shimony Abner, Nails Debra (1987) Naturalistic epistemology: a symposium of two decades. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 333-336

Full citation:

Shimony Abner (1987) „Comment on Sagal“, In: A. Shimony & D. Nails (eds.), Naturalistic epistemology, Dordrecht, Springer, 333–336.