ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the conceptions of acceptance and truth that are necessary conditions of knowledge. These two conditions of knowledge are closely connected because the kind of acceptance necessary for knowledge is directed at obtaining truth and avoiding error. It is important to recall that a person may accept something for some purpose other than a concern for truth. The sort of acceptance that is a condition of knowledge is acceptance aimed at truth, and it is in this way that acceptance and truth are connected. It is worth noting how the replacement of acceptance for belief makes the objection less plausible. The appropriate justification is theoretical, one concerning the role of acceptance and the evaluation of information in knowledge and justification. Acceptance of information is not a sufficient condition for knowing that the information received is correct, but it is necessary. Consequently, the failure to accept information results in failure to know that the information is correct.
