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Justification and Action

Fantl and McGrath argue that the combination of the following two views is problematic:
(JJ) If you are justified in believing that p, then p is warranted enough to justify you in phi-ing, for any phi. (Quoted from p. 99)
(Moderate Externalism about Justification) Justification does not supervene on the subject’s internal states. In particular, external properties [...]

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I’m reading Fantl and McGrath’s new knowledge book. An important thesis of the book is that of Impurism. Impurism is defined in chapter one as the denial of Purism, given thus:
(Purism about Knowledge) For any subjects S1 and S2, if S1 and S2 are just alike in their strength of epistemic position with respect to p, [...]

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