Knowledge, justification, and (a sort of) safe belief
Knowledge, justification, and (a sort of) safe belief
An influential proposal is that knowledge involves safe belief. A belief is safe, in the relevant sense, just in case it is true in nearby metaphysically possible worlds. In this paper, I introduce a distinct but complementary notion of safety, understood in terms of epistemically possible worlds. The main aim, in doing so, is to add to the epistemologist’s tool-kit. To demonstrate the usefulness of the tool, I use it to advance and assess substantive proposals concerning knowledge and justification.
Epistemically possible worlds, Justification, Knowledge, Lottery paradox, Safety
3593-3609
Whiting, Daniel
c0847bb4-963e-470d-92a2-5c8aae5d5aef
August 2020
Whiting, Daniel
c0847bb4-963e-470d-92a2-5c8aae5d5aef
Abstract
An influential proposal is that knowledge involves safe belief. A belief is safe, in the relevant sense, just in case it is true in nearby metaphysically possible worlds. In this paper, I introduce a distinct but complementary notion of safety, understood in terms of epistemically possible worlds. The main aim, in doing so, is to add to the epistemologist’s tool-kit. To demonstrate the usefulness of the tool, I use it to advance and assess substantive proposals concerning knowledge and justification.
Text
Knowledge, Justification, Safety _ Synthese DW
- Accepted Manuscript
Text
Whiting2018_Article_KnowledgeJustificationAndASort
- Version of Record
More information
Accepted/In Press date: 9 August 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 September 2018
Published date: August 2020
Additional Information:
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Author(s).
Keywords:
Epistemically possible worlds, Justification, Knowledge, Lottery paradox, Safety
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 423056
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/423056
ISSN: 0039-7857
PURE UUID: c29ac7de-aafd-450d-8ce9-be79b53d7b0e
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 13 Aug 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:59
Export record
Altmetrics
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics