
Jennifer Nagel on Intuitions about Knoweldge
Philosophy Bites
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Is There a Fire at That Spot?
Sir bertran russell was the first one to identify this kind of problem. The cases, though, have been recognized for a long time in the history of philosophy. One popular theory is that what goes wrong with our guy who's making the judgment about the fire is that he's relying on a false belief on his way to the truth.
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