ABSTRACT
Epistemology is concerned with the nature, basis and limits of
knowledge. One of the central ideas that philosophers utilise when
exploring these issues is that there is a difference between holding
beliefs for good reasons and holding beliefs – even if they are the
same beliefs – for bad or no reasons. This difference is often viewed
in normative terms: an individual is correct in believing what it is
justified to believe, and incorrect in believing what it is not justified
to believe.
