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Title:
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Luck and the control theory of knowledge
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Author:
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Broncano Berrocal, Fernando; Universitat de Girona
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Other authors:
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Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca; Pagès, Joan |
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Abstract:
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The dissertation accomplishes two aims: 1) to diagnose what prevents true beliefs from being knowledge; 2) to give an positive account of knowledge. Concerning the first aim, it offers an account of the notion of luck. It defends the view that luck is a form of risk and distinguishes two types of luck. Then, it applies the account to the problem of epistemic luck and distinguishes, accordingly, two types of epistemic luck. It is argued that these two types of epistemic luck explain the whole range of cases of not-known true belief. Concerning the second aim, the dissertation advances an account of knowledge in terms of the notion of cognitive control that deals with the two forms of epistemic luck distinguished. |
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Publication date:
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2012-11-05 |
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Subject(s):
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Sort
Fortuna
Control
Coneixement |
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Rights:
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L'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
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Pages:
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8 p. |
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Document type:
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Report |
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Collection:
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Els ajuts de l'AGAUR;2011 FI_B2 00111
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