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| 4254 | Externalist accounts of knowledge do not require the traditional sort of justification |
| Full Idea: What is distinctive about externalist accounts of knowledge is that they do not require justification, at least in the traditional sense. | |||
| From: Hilary Kornblith (Internalism and Externalism: a History [2001], p.2) | |||
| A reaction: At least this gives animals the chance to know things, but I suspect that they never get beyond true beliefs. I'm sure humans have 'better' knowledge than animals. |