Safety’s Swamp: Against the Value of Modal Stability

An account of the nature of knowledge must explain the value of knowledge. This paper argues that modal conditions, such as safety and sensitivity, do not confer value on a belief, and so any account of knowledge that posits a modal condition as a fundamental constituent cannot vindicate widely held...

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Main Author: Gardiner, G
Format: Journal article
Published: University of Illinois Press 2017