Sven Bernecker on “An Abductivist Account of Knowledge”

The hallmark of knowledge is that the fact that p, by itself, does a better job of explaining the subject’s truly believing about whether p, given method m, in circumstances c, than a more complex explanans which mentions not only the fact that p, but also additional facts needed to make sense of her epistemic success in light of m and c. A subject has basic knowledge of p, if <p> suffices to explain her epistemic success.

Sven Bernecker (Universität zu Köln / University of California Irvine)

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