Robert Nozick, Philosophical Explanations
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Robert Nozick , “ Knowledge ”
We would like each condition to be necessary for knowledge, so any case that fails to satisfy it will not be an instance of knowledge. Furthermore, we would like the conditions to be jointly sufficient for knowledge, so any case that satisfies all of them will be an instance of knowledge. We first shall formulate conditions that seem to handle ordinary cases correctly, classifying as knowledge ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Crítica (México D. F. En línea)
سال: 1982
ISSN: 1870-4905,0011-1503
DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.1982.410