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1Department of Philosophy, New York University, New York, NY10003, USA. Jessica.moss@nyu.eduhttps://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/jessica-moss.html.
Abstract:
I add support to Phillips et al.'s thesis that representations of knowledge are more basic than representations of belief through a historical account of the development of philosophical theories of knowledge and belief. On the basis of Aristotle's criticisms of his Presocratic predecessors, I argue that Western philosophy developed theories of knowledge long before it developed theories of belief.
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