No Luck in the Distance: A Reply to Freitag

TY - JOUR

T1 - No Luck in the Distance: A Reply to Freitag

AU - Broncano-Berrocal, Fernando

PY - 2016/2/1

Y1 - 2016/2/1

N2 - In a recent article in this journal, Wolfgang Freitag argues that Gettier-style cases that are based on the notion of "distant" epistemic luck cannot be ruled out as cases of knowledge by modal conditions such as safety or sensitivity. I argue that (1) safety and sensitivity can be easily fixed and that (2) Freitag provides no convincing reason for the existence of "distant" epistemic luck.

AB - In a recent article in this journal, Wolfgang Freitag argues that Gettier-style cases that are based on the notion of "distant" epistemic luck cannot be ruled out as cases of knowledge by modal conditions such as safety or sensitivity. I argue that (1) safety and sensitivity can be easily fixed and that (2) Freitag provides no convincing reason for the existence of "distant" epistemic luck.

U2 - 10.1111/theo.12078

DO - 10.1111/theo.12078

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0040-5825

VL - 82

SP - 89

EP - 100

JO - Theoria

JF - Theoria

IS - 1

ER -