8. Safety

Beginning from Sosa’s (1999) safety condition on knowledge, I engage with Comesaña’s (2005) example of unsafe knowledge. I propose a modified safety condition, test it against examples, and respond to a series of objections. I argue that, while further modifications may be required, it is plausible that (some version of) safety is a necessary condition on knowledge. 0.1 My purpose in this chapter is to (begin to) defend safety as a necessary condition on knowledge. First, I introduce Ernest S..