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'.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:736815 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Hughes, Nicholas |
| Contributors | McGrath, Matthew ; Gjelsvik, Olav ; Cappelen, Herman ; Brown, Jessica Anne |
| Publisher | University of St Andrews |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12601 |
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