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    Challenges→KNA (Knowledge Norm of Assertion) does not adequately explain why unlucky and Gettiered assertions are appropriate

    Williamson's defense that unlucky and Gettiered assertions are 'reasonable' relies on general observations about rationality, not on KNA itself

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    Proponents of (KNA) and (TNA) tend to concede that unlucky assertions (and Gettiered assertions) are intuitively appropriate, and that lucky assertions are intuitively inappropriate. Their standard defense strategy is to invoke some distinctions that explain away their incorrect predictions. Williamson (2000: 256–257) suggests that making unlucky and Gettiered assertions is reasonable, and this is why assertions like (32) usually don’t warrant criticism. However, here the prediction that u

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