Safety, Sensitivity and “Distant” Epistemic Luck
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20142929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wolfgang Freitag (0000-0002-7740-5298, Heidelberg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-61 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/theo.12011 |
| OpenAlex | W1548594005 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 21 |
Prominent instances of anti‐luck epistemology, in particular sensitivity and safety accounts of knowledge, introduce a modal condition on the pertinent belief in terms of closeness or similarity of possible worlds. Very roughly speaking, a belief must continue to be true in close possibilities in order to qualify as knowledge. Such closeness‐accounts derive much support from their (alleged) ability to eliminate standard instances of epistemic luck as they appear in prominent Gettier‐type examples. The article argues that there are new Gettier‐type examples which are grounded in “distant” epistemic luck. It is demonstrated that sensitivity and safety theories cannot handle such examples
Closeness · Economics · Epistemology · Luck · Metaphysics · Order (exchange) · Sensitivity (control systems) · Similarity (geometry) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Free Will and Agency · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
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The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism
Pyrrhonian Reflections on Knowledge and Justification
A Philosophical Guide to Conditionals
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Unsafe Knowledge
Anti-luck epistemology
Philosophical Explanations
The Inescapability of Gettier Problems
Pritchard's Epistemic Luck
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |