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This chapter is focused on the concept of ‘justification’, which I will analyse taking into account various perspectives. Firstly, I will define the notion by itself and review its applications and uses in mainstream Epistemology. Afterwards, I will examine how the concept has been used in Justification Logics and some of its contemporary developments. Eventually, I will present a different logical understanding of the concept; and finally, introduce my interpretation of ‘justification’ as a process and embed it in the EAK-Schema.
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Notes
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I disregard the considerations about its legal and theological meaning, for simplicity reasons.
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In https://www.lexico.com/definition/justification, accessed 04/22/2020.
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In https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/justification, accessed 04/22/2020.
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The use of the adjective “checkable” by the authors refers here to its computational meaning, alluding to the verifiability of the justifications.
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Fernández-Fernández, C. (2021). Justification as a Dynamic Concept. In: Awareness in Logic and Epistemology. Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, vol 52. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69606-1_4
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