Evidential knowledge first

Abstract The aim of this paper is to motivate and defend Evidential Knowledge First, a view that combines the best of both knowledge first and evidentialist approaches to epistemology. To do so, I argue that knowledge is not the most general factive mental state. However, non-inferential knowledge is. After developing the core commitments of the view, I investigate what else the Evidential Knowledge Firster should say. A similar view is considered and rejected by Alexander Bird (2025). I conclude by addressing his objections.