Most epistemologists have focused on the epistemic (justification or nonaccidentality) condition for knowledge and have simply assumed that belief is the only nonepistemic psychological condition for knowledge. This assumption, however, needs to be put to the test. In my dissertation, I explore the relationships between knowledge and four psychological states: degrees of belief, confidence, doubt, and certainty. I argue that beliefs do not come in degrees, confidence is not necessary for knowledge, the absence of doubt is necessary for knowledge, and certainty is not necessary for knowledge but is necessary for a special type of knowledge. For more, see below:
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