Tag Archives: epistemic luck

ARE PAIN-BELIEFS GETTIER PROOF? (pages 223-235)

Mark Anthony L. DACELA, Kurt Christian B. TUBERA ABSTRACT: In ‘The Case of Patient Smith: Pain-Belief, Epistemic Luck, and Acquaintance,’ Elliott Crozat challenged the infallibility of the belief that “I feel pain” by providing a Gettier-type example that shows that such a pain-belief can be fallibly justified and luckily true. We claim that this move is problematic given that the …

Read More »

THE CASE OF PATIENT SMITH: PAIN-BELIEF, EPISTEMIC LUCK, AND ACQUAINTANCE (pages 223-228)

Elliott R. CROZAT ABSTRACT: Can a pain-belief such as “I feel pain” be fallibly justified and luckily true? In this discussion note, I provide a Gettier-type example to show that a belief about one’s own pain can be held on fallible justification and a matter of epistemic luck for its believer. This example underscores the significance of introspection and direct …

Read More »

REAL KNOWLEDGE UNDERMINING LUCK (pages 325-344)

Raphael VAN RIEL ABSTRACT: Based on the discussion of a novel version of the Barn County scenario, the paper argues for a new explication of knowledge undermining luck. In passing, an as yet undetected form of benign luck is identified. Download PDF

Read More »