A factual defeater occurs when a subject's belief is not justified or does not count as knowledge because the subject happens to encounter a reliable source in a context where most sources are unreliable, such as the 'fake barn' scenario.

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  Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• knowledge concept