Therefore rule-circularity and premise-circularity are equally vicious when evaluated by internalist standards of justification, as Fumerton's acquaintance theory and Bonjour's coherentism both entail.

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BonJour, Laurence(in epistemology): A contemporary American philosopher who studies how we know things; he defends coherentism, the view that beliefs are justified by how well they fit together.
Coherentism(Epistemology; theory of epistemic justification): A doxastic theory of justification holding that only beliefs can serve as evidence, and that justification derives from the internal coherence of a belief system
Fumerton, Richard(in epistemology): A contemporary American philosopher who studies how we know things; he developed an 'acquaintance theory' that says we're directly aware of certain facts and relationships.
Internalist standards of justification(in epistemology): The idea that what makes a belief justified or trustworthy depends only on things inside your own mind—like your reasons, thoughts, and how they connect to each other.

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