Knowing Without Evidence
Mind 121 (482):309-331 (2012)
| Abstract | In this paper, I present counterexamples to the evidence thesis, the thesis that S knows that p at t only if S believes that p on the basis of evidence at t. The outline of my paper is as follows. In section 1, I explain the evidence thesis and make clear what a successful counterexample to the evidence thesis will look like. In section 2, I show that instances of non-occurrent knowledge are counterexamples to the evidence thesis. At the end of section 2, I consider the primary thesis of my paper — that the evidence thesis is false — to be successfully defended. In section 3, I consider three variations of the evidence thesis. The first variation restricts the evidence thesis to occurrent knowledge; the second requires for knowledge that one’s belief could be based on evidence; and the third requires for knowledge that the belief was based on evidence at a suitable prior time. The secondary thesis of this paper is that these variations are also subject to serious objections | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,875 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesClayton Littlejohn (2013). No Evidence is False. Acta Analytica 28 (2):145-159.
Ben Almassi (2007). Experts, Evidence, and Epistemic Independence. Spontaneous Generations 1 (1):58-66.
Phyllis McKay Illari (2011). Mechanistic Evidence: Disambiguating the Russo–Williamson Thesis. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 25 (2):139 - 157.
Aaron Rizzieri (2009). Evidence Does Not Equal Knowledge. Philosophical Studies 153 (2):235-242.
Alexander Arnold (2011). Some Evidence is False. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 91 (1):165 - 172.
Luis Rosa (2012). Justification and the Uniqueness Thesis. Logos and Episteme (4):571-577.
Jonathan Matheson (2011). The Case for Rational Uniqueness. Logic and Episteme 2 (3):359-373.
Scott Stapleford (2012). Epistemic Duties and Failure to Understand One's Evidence. Principia 16 (1):147-177.
Rik Peels & Anthony Booth (forthcoming). Why Responsible Belief Is Permissible Belief. Analytic Philosophy.
Michael J. Shaffer (2013). E Does Not Equal K. The Reasoner 7:30-31.
Janet Levin (2012). Imaginability, Possibility, and the Puzzle of Imaginative Resistance. Canadian Journal of Philosophy 41 (3):391-421.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2012-09-04Total downloads49 ( #22,195 of 556,837 )Recent downloads (6 months)12 ( #6,174 of 556,837 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
