Justificationism in BoI Too

Deutsch writes in The Beginning of Infinity:

> It is only empiricism that made it seem plausible that knowledge outside science is inaccessible; and it is only the justified-true-belief misconception that makes such knowledge seem less ‘justified’ than scientific theories.

and

> HERMES: ... in truth, beliefs cannot be justified, except in relation to other beliefs, and even then only fallibly.

In other words, some ideas do justify other ideas (fallibly, contextually).

Deutsch rejects infalliblist, empiricist, inductivist, ultimate and
absolute justification. But Deutsch does not reject all justification.
This position allows for the extensive use of justification throughout
epistemology. It doesn't exclude much.

This is a common mistake. One way to approach it is the question:
"Which ideas justify which other ideas, and why?" Or, in other words,
"What are the criteria or rules of justification?" This is one of the
many problems justificationists have not been able to deal with.


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