CHAPTER SEVEN

THE STRUCTURE OF JUSTIFICATION

Abstract

Epistemologists believe that there is no isolated knowledge. Knowing something requires knowing other things. Anyone who knows anything knows other things, for our knowledge forms a body – and that body has a structure. But what is this structure? Epistemologists generally tend to regard the structure of our knowledge as deriving from that of our justification. This conclusion can only become clearer as we examine some epistemological accounts of justification.