Basic Knowledge and Conditions on Knowledge
Mark McBride
A rigorous open access monograph on basic knowledge, the beliefs we hold without having to earn them through evidence. McBride tests the classic conditions on knowledge, such as safety and sensitivity, against the puzzles that made them famous.
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