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.