Youssef AGUISOUL

THE HINGE-JUSTIFICATION PROBLEM: THE SUBSTRATUM RESPONSE (pages 7-24)

Youssef AGUISOUL ABSTRACT: In hinge epistemology, our belief system has two levels: a non-fundamental level of ordinary beliefs and a fundamental level of hinges. This creates a problem concerning hinges. If beliefs require justification, then hinges, as the ground of the system, are unjustified and fail to qualify as genuine beliefs. If hinges are justified, they become ordinary beliefs rather …

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