One of the key supposed 'platitudes' of contemporary epistemology is
the claim that knowledge excludes luck. One can see the attraction of
such a claim, in that knowledge is something that one can take credit
for - it is an achievement of sorts - and yet luck undermines genuine
achievement. The problem, however, is that luck seems to be an
all-pervasive feature of our epistemic enterprises, which tempts us to
think that either scepticism is true and that we don't know very much,
or else that luck is compatible with knowledge after all. In this
book, Duncan Pritchard argues that we do not need to choose between
these two austere alternatives, since a closer examination of what is
involved in the notion of epistemic luck reveals varieties of luck
that are compatible with knowledge possession and varieties that
aren't. Moreover, Pritchard shows that a more nuanced understanding of
the relationship between luck and knowledge can cast light on many of
the most central topics in contemporary epistemology. These topics
include: the externalism/internalism distinction; virtue epistemology;
the problem of scepticism; metaepistemological scepticism; modal
epistemology; and the problem of moral luck. All epistemologists will
need to come to terms with Pritchard's original and incisive
contribution.
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ISBN
9780191535666
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic UK
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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