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GETTIER BELIEFS AND SERIOUS BELIEFS: A REPLY TO BIRO AND FORRAI (pages 113-118)

James SIMPSON ABSTRACT: In a recent exchange in the pages of this journal, John Biro responds to Gabor Forrai’s argument against Biro’s argument that in most, if not all, Gettier cases the belief condition, contra popular opinion, isn’t satisfied. In this note, I’ll argue that Biro’s response to Forrai satisfactorily resolves the first of Forrai’s two central objections to Biro’s …

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THE WARRANT ACCOUNT AND THE PROMINENCE OF ‘KNOW’ (pages 467-483)

Jacques-Henri VOLLET ABSTRACT:Many philosophers agree that there is an epistemic norm governing action. However, they disagree on what this norm is. It has been observed that the word ‘know’ is prominent in ordinary epistemic evaluations of actions. Any opponent of the knowledge norm must provide an explanation of this fact. Gerken has recently proposed the most developed explanation. It invokes …

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