Graduation Year
Spring 2012
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy and Public Affairs
Reader 1
Dustin Troy Locke
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Abstract
In my Thesis I investigate many of the standard accounts of knowledge. I argue that epistemic fallibilism, infallibilism, and contextualism fail as viable accounts. I defend an account of knowledge according to which 'knows' is ambiguous. More specifically, I promote an account of knowledge according to which 'knows' is polysemous. This position was advanced by Rene Van Woudenberg. At the end of my thesis, I propose an adjustment to Van Woudenberg's view that will protect his account from problematic implications.
Recommended Citation
Broeksmit, Katherine S., "A New Solution to the Skeptical Puzzle: An Epistemic Account of Limited Polysemy" (2012). CMC Senior Theses. 459.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/459
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
