In C. Jaeger & W. Loeffler (ed.), Epistemology: Contexts, Values Disagreement (2012)
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John Greco claims that knowledge is a kind of achievement. The value
achievements have (as such) shows, according to Greco, why knowledge is
better than mere true belief. I argue that, for a variety of reasons, it is not always good to know. Furthermore, it is wrong to think that achievements
are always good – think of achieving what is bad. Greco is mistaken twice;
this leaves the idea that knowledge is a kind of achievement intact.
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