Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
4-2015
Abstract
We present Backward Clock, an original counterexample to Robert Nozick’s truth-tracking analysis of propositional knowledge, which works differently from other putative counterexamples and avoids objections to which they are vulnerable. We then argue that four ways of analyzing knowledge in terms of safety, including Duncan Pritchard’s, cannot withstand Backward Clock either.
Keywords
Gettier problem, Theories of knowledge
Discipline
Epistemology | Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Journal of Philosophy
Volume
112
Issue
1
First Page
46
Last Page
55
ISSN
0268-3962
Identifier
10.5840/jphil201511213
Publisher
Journal of Philosophy
Citation
WILLIAMS, John N., & SINHABABU, Neil.(2015). The Backward Clock, truth-tracking, and safety. Journal of Philosophy, 112(1), 46-55.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1680
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil201511213