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Essays on the nature and roles of knowledge

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Date
25/06/2015
Author
Hughes, Nicholas
Supervisor
McGrath, Matthew
Gjelsvik, Olav
Cappelen, Herman
Brown, Jessica (Jessica Anne)
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This dissertation is comprised of five independent essays on the theme of the nature and roles of knowledge. The essays are intended to be free-standing pieces of work and should be read as such. Contents: 1. An Existential Argument For Pragmatic Encroachment -- 2. Environmental Luck Gettier Cases And The Metaphysical Roles Of Knowledge -- 3. Might The Simulation Heuristic Influence Knowledge Attributions? -- 4. Excuses And Epistemic Norms -- 5. From Moore's Paradox To The Knowledge Norm Of Belief And Beyond
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Thesis, PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12601

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