Extended cognition and epistemic luck

Adam Carter

pp. 4201-4214

in: Synthese 190 (18), 2013.

Abstract

When extended cognition is extended into mainstream epistemology, an awkward tension arises when considering cases of environmental epistemic luck. Surprisingly, it is not at all clear how the mainstream verdict that agents lack knowledge in cases of environmental luck can be reconciled with principles central to extended cognition.