How to make the generality problem work for you

Acta Analytica

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-286

  Lepock, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemic justification; Epistemic responsibility; Generality problem; Knowledge; Reliabilism; Virtue epistemology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952809833     PISSN: 03535150     EISSN: 18746349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12136-009-0060-6     Document Type: Article

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