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[from 'Internalism and Externalism: a History' by Hilary Kornblith, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification ]

Full Idea

What is distinctive about externalist accounts of knowledge is that they do not require justification, at least in the traditional sense.

Gist of Idea

Externalist accounts of knowledge do not require the traditional sort of justification

Source

Hilary Kornblith (Internalism and Externalism: a History [2001], p.2)

Book Reference

'Epistemology: Internalism and Externalism', ed/tr. Kornblith,Hilary [Blackwell 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.