Abstract
Influential cases have been provided that seem to suggest that one can fail to have knowledge because of the social environment. If not a distinct kind of social defeater, is there a uniquely social phenomenon that defeats knowledge? My aim in this paper is to explore these questions. I shall argue that despite initial appearances to the contrary, we have no reason to accept a special class of social defeater, nor any essentially social defeat phenomenon. We can explain putative cases of social defeat with our existing epistemological apparatus.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 719-734 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Canadian Journal of Philosophy |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Defeaters
- Epistemology
- Social epistemology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy