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    infinite regress argument is an argument against a theory based on the fact that this theory leads to an infinite regress. For such an argument to be successful...
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    In epistemology, the regress argument is the argument that any proposition requires a justification. However, any justification itself requires support...
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  • infinite regress argument is an argument against a theory based on the fact that this theory leads to an infinite regress. A positive infinite regress argument...
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    Turtles all the way down (category Philosophical arguments)
    such as the regress argument in epistemology. Early variants of the saying do not always have explicit references to infinite regression (i.e., the phrase...
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  • needed] Evidentialism also faces a challenge from the infinite regress argument. This argument begins with the observation that, normally, one's supporting...
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  • Look up regress in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Regress may refer to: Regress argument, a problem in epistemology concerning the justification of propositions...
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  • insistence on definitions. It also attempts to offer a solution to the regress argument that plagues correspondence theory. In an epistemological sense, it...
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    Homunculus arguments are always fallacious unless some way can be found to "ground" the regress. In psychology and philosophy of mind, "homunculus arguments" (or...
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    Münchhausen trilemma (category Philosophical arguments)
    knowledge, as with dogmatism, not start at all, as with infinite regress, or be a circular argument, justified only by itself and have no solid foundation, much...
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  • of a simple deductive argument. Ultimately, Achilles fails, because the clever tortoise leads him into an infinite regression. The discussion begins...
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