Information Versus Knowledge in Confirmation Theory
Logique Et Analyse (forthcoming)
| Abstract | I argue that so-called 'background knowledge' in confirmation theory has little, if anything, to do with 'knowledge' in the sense of mainstream epistemology. I argue that it is better construed as 'background information', which need not be believed in, justified, or true. | |||||||||
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