Essays on the nature and roles of knowledge

dc.contributor.advisor	McGrath, Matthew
dc.contributor.advisor	Gjelsvik, Olav
dc.contributor.advisor	Cappelen, Herman
dc.contributor.advisor	Brown, Jessica (Jessica Anne)
dc.contributor.author	Hughes, Nicholas
dc.coverage.spatial	168 p.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-24T17:09:40Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-24T17:09:40Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-25
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10023/12601
dc.description.abstract	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	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of St Andrews
dc.subject.lcc	BD161.H85
dc.subject.lcsh	Knowledge, Theory of	en
dc.title	Essays on the nature and roles of knowledge	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Doctoral	en_US
dc.type.qualificationname	PhD Doctor of Philosophy	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	The University of St Andrews	en_US
dc.publisher.department	Universitetet i Oslo. Institutt for filosofi, ide- og kunsthistorie og klassiske språk	en_US