Knowing the facts, alternative and otherwise
Book chapter
Littlejohn, Clayton. (2023). Knowing the facts, alternative and otherwise. In In Borges, Rodrigo and Schnee, Ian (Ed.). Illuminating Errors : New Essays on Knowledge from Non-Knowledge pp. 312 - 328 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003118701-25
Authors | Littlejohn, Clayton |
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Editors | Borges, Rodrigo and Schnee, Ian |
Abstract | Consider two platitudes about truth and knowledge. First, knowledge is of truths. It isn't possible to know what isn't so. Second, knowledge is based on truths. It isn't possible to acquire knowledge by drawing inferences from falsehoods. Both claims have come in for criticism in the recent literature. A familiar case has to do with approximations, claims that are thought to be close enough for some purposes without being true. Scientists, some say, know things that are only approximately true. That's supposed to show that knowledge isn't always of truths. It's not clear that these arguments from approximation show what they're supposed to show. Arguments from approximate truth don't undermine the (apparent) platitudes about knowledge and truth. They suffer from two closely related problems having to do with the attitudes that rational scientists would take toward these contents and the standards used for determining whether these contents are true. The traditional picture of knowledge might only be approximately true. On this occasion, it holds up well. |
Keywords | knowledge; non-knowledge; hinge-epistemology; theory |
Page range | 312 - 328 |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Book title | Illuminating Errors : New Essays on Knowledge from Non-Knowledge |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | United States |
ISBN | 9780367630423 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003118701-25 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.routledge.com/Illuminating-Errors-New-Essays-on-Knowledge-from-Non-Knowledge/Borges-Schnee/p/book/9780367630423?srsltid=AfmBOoptzfhBRYRJ8X9_2rFUYZZ8T6tA0fk64OIQtUfbczjFfDS9ABDI |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 20 Jul 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 2023 |
Deposited | 26 Aug 2024 |
Additional information | © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Rodrigo Borges and Ian Schnee; individual chapters, the contributors. All rights reserved. |
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