Abstract: In “The Problem of the Criterion,” Roderick Chisholm argues that Spinoza is an epistemic particularist. By this, Chisholm means that, according to Spinoza, philosophical inquiry ought to begin with a set of particular knowledge claims. Chisholm contrasts the particularism he sees in Spinoza with the epistemic methodism he sees in Descartes and Hume, who, on Chisholm’s reading, thought that philosophical inquiry must begin with a method for distinguishing knowledge from mere belief. Today, Spinoza is commonly read as an epistemic metaphysicalist, that is, as a philosopher who begins philosophical inquiry with a metaphysical theory already in tow.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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