Scorekeeping in a positive epistemic game

Synthese 206 (4):1-17 (2025)
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In this paper I support epistemic norms formulated by utilizing ‘being in a position to know’ against recent detractors. To do so, I employ a pragmatically-informed contextualism for knowledge and deny that obligations for belief agglomerate. Positive epistemic norms are then vindicated.

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