Luminosity and the safety of knowledge

被引:102
作者
Neta, R [1 ]
Rohrbaugh, G
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Philosophy, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
[2] Auburn Univ, Dept Philosophy, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
来源
PACIFIC PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY | 2004年 / 85卷 / 04期
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10.1111/j.1468-0114.2004.00207.x
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
In his recent Knowledge and its Limits, Timothy Williamson argues that no non-trivial mental state is such that being in that state suffices for one to be in a position to know that one is in it. In short, there are no "luminous" mental states. His argument depends on a "safety" requirement on knowledge, that one's confident belief could not easily have been wrong if it is to count as knowledge. We argue that the safety requirement is ambiguous; on one interpretation it is obviously true but useless to his argument, and on the other interpretation it is false.
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页码:396 / 406
页数:11
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