Internalism and Epistemic Responsibility in Contemporary Epistemology

Abstract

In this paper, main tenets of internalism about justification and related conception of epistemic responsibility will be examined. The main goal is to explicate the internalist account on the problem of epistemic justification and to show the compatible position of this account with the idea of epistemic responsibility. Within this framework, it is intended to present the significance of epistemic responsibility by the help of the deontological conception of justification. It is concluded that, without the requirement of epistemic responsibility, justification of beliefs wil be a defective activity.