A CONTEXTUALIST SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF EASY KNOWLEDGE

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Grazer Philosophische Studien 69 (2005), 183–205. A CONTEXTUALIST SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF EASY KNOWLEDGE Ram NETA University of North Carolina Summary Many philosophers hold some verion of the doctrine of “basic knowledge”. According to this doctrine, it's possible for S to know that p, even if S doesn't know the source of her knowledge that p to be reliable or trustworthy. Stewart Cohen has recently argued that this doctrine confronts the problem of easy knowledge.

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