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Matthew McGrath

Disciplines:
epistemology
metaphysics

Summary

American philosopher who has worked on perceptual justification, the structure of epistemic reasons, and the relationship between knowledge and justification.

Core Contribution

Contributed to debates about dogmatism and conservatism in perceptual epistemology and to the analysis of competence-based theories of knowledge.

Historical Influences

Jim Pryor Timothy Williamson

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Epistemology

Contemporaries & Peers

Harmen Ghijsen

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Intellectual Posterity

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