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Epistemic Closure and the Problem of Holism
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What is epistemic closure?
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The idea that knowledge is self-contained and independent of external factors.
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Epistemic closure is the idea that knowledge is self-contained and independent of external factors. This means that the truth of a proposition is determined solely by the evidence that supports it, and not by any external factors such as the beliefs of the person who holds the proposition.