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I—How Both You and the Brain in a Vat Can Know Whether or Not You Are Envatted

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Magidor, Ofra
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	Epistemic Externalism offers one of the most prominent responses to the sceptical challenge. Externalism has commonly been interpreted (not least by externalists themselves) as postulating a crucial asymmetry between the actual world agent and their brain-in-a-vat (BIV) counterpart: while the actual agent is in a position to know she is not envatted, her BIV counterpart is not in a position to know that she is envatted, or in other words only the former is in a position to know whether or not she is envatted. In this paper, I argue that there is in fact no such asymmetry: assuming epistemic externalism, both the actual world agent and their BIV counterpart are in a position to know whether or not they are envatted. After an introduction (I), I present the main argument (II). I examine to what extent the argument survives when one accepts additional externalist-friendly commitments: semantic externalism, a sensitivity condition on knowledge, and epistemic contextualism (III). Finally, I discuss the implications of my conclusion to a variety of debates in epistemology (IV).
Starting Page	151
Ending Page	181
Page Count	31
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1093/arisup/aky009
Volume Number	92
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.magidor.com/uploads/9/0/4/1/90418295/biv_paper_shortened___revised___v.16_.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1093/arisup%2Faky009
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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