I know : modal epistemology and scepticism
Freitag, Wolfgang 2013 Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2013-2017, ISBN: 9783657100095 ( Serie ) Münster : Mentis 9783897859494 | BRILL9783897859494 AbstractScepticism, the view that knowledge is impossible, threatens our conception of ourselves as epistemic subjects as much as it endangers our conception of the external world. The book develops a modal account of knowledge and provides an answer to scepticism based on a detailed examination of the main sceptical argument. It discusses prominent contemporary theories of knowledge, in particular safety and sensitivity theories, and shows that they cannot handle Gettier-type examples of a new kind. An alternative analysis of knowledge in terms of relevantly normal possibilities is developed. The sce.