American philosopher who has developed a systematic coherentist account of knowledge and contributed to the analysis of the Gettier problem and self-trust.
Knowledge: a coherentist account in which justified belief requires that no competitor defeats the justifying system. Self-Trust: the epistemological role of self-trust — knowledge requires trusting one's own cognitive faculties. Co-authored (with Paxson) an influential paper on undefeated justification.
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