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The regress problem?
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Every reason needs a further reason, with no obvious end — so justification seems to need an endless, uncompletable chain.
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Foundationalism?
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Some 'basic' beliefs are justified on their own and support the rest — stopping the regress at bedrock.
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Coherentism?
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Beliefs are justified by fitting together in a supporting web, not by resting on a base — the regress becomes a loop.
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Foundationalism vs coherentism?
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Foundationalism = a building on bedrock (basic beliefs). Coherentism = a web where beliefs hold each other up.
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Internal vs external justification?
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Internal: your reasons must be available to you. External: a reliable process can justify even if you can't state why.
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Reliabilism?
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An external view: a belief is justified if it comes from a reliable, truth-tracking process — no chain of stated reasons needed.
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How does reliabilism link to Gettier?
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The stopped clock fails because it wasn't a reliable process — reliabilism explains why that JTB isn't knowledge.
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The topic's arc in one line?
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Can we know anything (scepticism)? → JTB breaks (Gettier) → what do we perceive? → how is belief justified (this micro)?
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