Against Knowledge Closure
Department
Philosophy
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
Knowledge closure is the claim that, if an agent S knows P, recognizes that P implies Q, and believes Q because it is implied by P, then S knows Q. Closure is a pivotal epistemological principle that is widely endorsed by contemporary epistemologists. Against Knowledge Closure is the first book-length treatment of the issue and the most sustained argument for closure failure to date. Unlike most prior arguments for closure failure, Marc Alspector-Kelly's critique of closure does not presuppose any particular epistemological theory; his argument is, instead, intuitively compelling and applicable to a wide variety of epistemological views. His discussion ranges over much of the epistemological landscape, including skepticism, warrant, transmission and transmission failure, fallibilism, sensitivity, safety, evidentialism, reliabilism, contextualism, entitlement, circularity and bootstrapping, justification, and justification closure. As a result, the volume will be of interest to any epistemologist or student of epistemology and related subjects.
Call number in WMU's library
BD201 .A47 2019 (Waldo Library WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
9781108578059
Publication Date
2019
Disciplines
Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Alspector-Kelly, Marc, "Against Knowledge Closure" (2019). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 902.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/902