Abstract

WAJNERMAN PAZ, Abel. Information, Epistemic Luck and Generality. Eidos [online]. 2017, n.26, pp.326-354. ISSN 1692-8857.

Abstract The aim of this paper is to determine the relevance of an informational theory of knowledge to address recently discussed epistemic problems. I argue that Dretske's classical approach is equivalent to the safety condition proposed by Pritchard to avoid epistemic luck. However, I claim that Pritchard's condition has to be modified to avoid the so-called "generality problem" for reliabilism. I propose an alternative version of the requirement to deal with these problems and provide an equivalent informational condition. I conclude that this informational version is preferable since it reveals conceptual relationships between the constituents of knowledge.

Keywords : knowledge; security; semantic information; luck; generality.

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