Anti-luck virtue epistemology

Duncan Pritchard

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Abstract

It is argued that there are two ‘master’ intuitions about knowledge⎯an anti-luck intuition and an ability intuition⎯and that these impose distinct epistemic demands. It is claimed that recognising this fact leads one towards a new proposal in the theory of knowledge⎯anti-luck virtue epistemology⎯which can avoid the problems that afflict other theories of knowledge. This proposal is motivated in contrast to two other ways of thinking about knowledge which are shown to be ultimately unsuccessful: anti-luck epistemology and virtue epistemology. Finally, a diagnosis is offered of why our concept of knowledge should have the kind of structure dictated by anti-luck virtue epistemology.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)247-279
Number of pages33
JournalJournal of Philosophy
Volume109
Issue number3
Early online date31 Mar 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2012

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