Chisholm: The Problem of the Criterion

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Chisholm's own approach to epistemology starts by assuming

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Chisholm's own approach to epistemology starts by assuming

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Chisholm rejects empiricism because he thinks a consistent empiricism would lead to a not-very-sensible skepticism about our knowledge.

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Chisholm's own approach to epistemology starts by assuming

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Chisholm rejects empiricism because he thinks a consistent empiricism would lead to a not-very-sensible skepticism about our knowledge. He thinks that the commonsense approach leads to a more sensible view.

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Chisholm's own approach to epistemology starts by assuming

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Chisholm thinks that we'll get nowhere in epistemology unless we begin with some assumptions -- either about what we know or about the criterion of knowledge.

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Chisholm's own approach to epistemology starts by assuming

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Chisholm thinks that these two assumptions will clash -- since a consistent empiricism would lead to a not-very-sensible skepticism about our knowledge.

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