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    It is not the case that An agent who believes a non-king to be a king does not know that the man is a king

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Gettier-style cases show that true belief can fail to constitute knowledge, so the converse—false belief blocking knowledge—is not the sole epistemic concern.
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    • 2.Reliabilist accounts (Goldman) ground knowledge in reliable belief-forming processes, not solely in the truth of the target proposition.
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    • 3.An agent whose reliable process identifies the man as performing every constitutive function of kingship may satisfy reliabilist knowledge conditions despite nominal falsity.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Knowledge attributions can be context-sensitive, tracking practical and social norms rather than metaphysical facts alone (DeRose, Cohen).
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    • 2.If the agent's belief tracks all available evidence and the social role functions as kingship, 'knowing him to be king' may be warranted under contextualism.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Knowledge requires truth (principle T)
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    • 2.The man is not actually a king
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