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Safety and NecessityErkenntnis 87 (3): 1081-1097. 2022.Can epistemic luck be captured by modal conditions such as safety from error? This paper answers ‘no’. First, an old problem is cast in a new light: it is argued that the trivial satisfaction associated with necessary truths and accidentally robust propositions is a symptom of a more general disease. Namely, epistemic luck but not safety from error is hyperintensional. Second, it is argued that as a consequence the standard solution to deal with this worry, namely the invocation of content varia…Read more
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Areas of Interest
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Epistemology |
Philosophy of Mind |
Metaphysics |
Modality |
Properties |
Ontology |
Knowledge |