Getting off the Wheel

Abstract Roderick Chisholm argues that in giving an account of knowledge, we must either begin with an account of what knowledge is , and proceed on that basis to identify the particular things that we know, or else start with instances of knowledge, and proceed on that basis to formulate a definition of knowledge. Either approach begs the question against the other. This is the epistemic wheel. This article responds to C hisholm's challenge. …