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    Basic Knowledge and Conditions on Knowledge

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    Author(s)
    McBride, Mark
    Collection
    ScholarLed
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    "How do we know what we know? In this stimulating and rigorous book, Mark McBride explores two sets of issues in contemporary epistemology: the problems that warrant transmission poses for the category of basic knowledge; and the status of conclusive reasons, sensitivity, and safety as conditions that are necessary for knowledge. To have basic knowledge is to know (have justification for) some proposition immediately, i.e., knowledge (justification) that doesn’t depend on justification for any other proposition. This book considers several puzzles that arise when you take seriously the possibility that we can have basic knowledge. McBride’s analysis draws together two vital strands in contemporary epistemology that are usually treated in isolation from each other. Additionally, its innovative arguments include a new application of the safety condition to the law. This book will be of interest to epistemologists―both professionals and students. "
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30832
    Keywords
    justifications; safety condition; sensitivity; basic knowledge; epistemology; conclusive reasons; Brain in a vat; Coherentism; Dogma; Fallibilism; Foundationalism; Fred Dretske; Inference; Logical consequence; Robert Nozick
    DOI
    10.11647/OBP.0104
    ISBN
    9781783742837
    OCN
    1014200322
    Publisher
    Open Book Publishers
    Publisher website
    https://www.openbookpublishers.com/
    Publication date and place
    2017
    Classification
    Philosophy of language
    Cognitive science
    Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge
    Pages
    238
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Brain in a vat - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat; Coherentism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherentism; Dogma - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogma; Epistemology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology; Fallibilism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallibilism; Foundationalism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundationalism; Fred Dretske - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dretske; Inference - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inference; Logical consequence - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_consequence; Robert Nozick - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nozick
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