Single Idea 8816

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification]

Full Idea

Externalists tend to take a third-person point of view in discussing epistemology.

Gist of Idea

Externalists tend to take a third-person point of view of epistemology

Source

John L. Pollock (Epistemic Norms [1986], 'Ref.of Extern')

Book Reference

'Epistemology - An Anthology', ed/tr. Sosa,E. /Kim,J. [Blackwell 2000], p.199


A Reaction

Pollock's point, quite reasonably, is that the first-person aspect must precede any objective assessment of whether someone knows. External facts, such as unpublicised information, can undermine high quality internal justification.