Finding Closure for Safety

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Abstract

There are two plausible constraints on knowledge: (i) knowledge is closed under competent deduction; and (ii) knowledge answers to a safety condition. However, various
authors, including Kvanvig (2004), Murphy (2005, 2006) and Alspector-Kelly (2011),
argue that beliefs competently deduced from knowledge can sometimes fail to be safe.
This paper responds that one can uphold (i) and (ii) by relativizing safety to methods
and argues further that in order to do so, methods should be individuated externally.

Details

Original languageGerman
Pages (from-to)711-725
Number of pages14
JournalEpisteme : a journal of individual and social epistemology
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85081296278
ORCID /0000-0002-9962-2074/work/142234589

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