Basic knowledge and the problem of easy knowledge

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 65 (2):309-329 (2002)
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The dominant response to this problem of the criterion focuses on the alleged requirement that we need to know a belief source is reliable in order for us to acquire knowledge by that source. Let us call this requirement, “The KR principle”

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10.1111/j.1933-1592.2002.tb00204.x

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