The credit thesis in epistemology is false because the origin of a belief, such as natural selection or an evolutionary mechanism, is often the most salient explanation for why a subject holds a true belief, making it unlikely the subject deserves credit for that knowledge.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• epistemology concept
• belief concept
• knowledge concept