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Abstract
This paper examines the kind of epistemic circularity which, according to Ernest Sosa, is unavoidably entailed whenever one has what he calls 'reflective' knowledge (that is, knowledge that p such that the knower reflectively endorses the reliability of the epistemic sources by which she came to her belief that p). I begin by describing the relevant kind of circularity and its role in Sosa's epistemology, en route presenting and resisting Sosa's arguments that this kind of circularity is not vicious. Then I consider the somewhat complex relationship between Sosa's views on epistemic circularity and his response to the Problem of Easy Knowledge, arguing that (on one interpretation of Sosa, at least) a complete solution to that problem cannot be extracted from Sosa's work unless the aforementioned epistemic circularity can be proved non-vicious.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 305-325 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Philosophical Papers |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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AHRC - Basic Knowledge: Basic Knowledge
Wright, C. J. G. (PI)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/09/07 → 31/08/12
Project: Standard