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  • noun philosophy The view that knowledge may be justified by an infinitely long chain of reasoning.

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infinite +‎ -ism

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  • Socialism, communism, liberalism, terrorism, Islamism, homosexuality, ad infinitism have cowed the middleclass American spirit to the point of indentured servitude.

    Not Just Your Average Kibitzing Radical: Ways To Be In Touch With The Struggle At The University of California Tenured Radical 2009

  • Peter Klein (1998) may be the lone supporter of a view he calls infinitism.

    to day 2009

  • For those reasons, infinitism (as far as I can tell) has never been seriously considered as a model of reasoning suitable for the dogmatist because it is obvious that it cannot provide a model of reasoning that could lead to assent.

    Skepticism Klein, Peter 2005

  • In the recent literature on this subject, we actually find an elaborate defense of the position that infinitism is the correct solution to the regress problem. [

    Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005

  • So, we must look briefly at the reasons that a Pyrrhonian might have for thinking that foundationalism, coherentism and infinitism are inherently incapable of providing an adequate basis for assent. [

    Skepticism Klein, Peter 2005

  • Since that process can never be completed, infinitism cannot provide the dogmatist with a model that will settle matters. [

    Skepticism Klein, Peter 2005

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