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- noun philosophy The view that
knowledge may bejustified by aninfinitely longchain ofreasoning .
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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
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Peter Klein (1998) may be the lone supporter of a view he calls infinitism.
to day 2009
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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
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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
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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
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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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