Is 'Knowing that P' Identical with 'Knowing that "P" Is True'?

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作者
Lai, Changsheng [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Philosophy Psychol & Language Sci, Room 2-17,Dugald Stewart Bldg,3 Charles St, Edinburgh EH8 9AD, Midlothian, Scotland
关键词
T-schema; The object of propositional knowledge; Knower paradox; Understanding; PARADOX; KNOWER;
D O I
10.1007/s11406-019-00113-4
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
It is epistemological orthodoxy that the object of propositional knowledge is the truth of propositions. This traditional view is based on what I call the 'KT-schema', viz, 'S knows thatp,iff, S knows that "p" is true'. The purpose of this paper is to reject theKT-schema. By showing the paradoxical upshot of the KT-schema and providing counterexamples to the KT-schema, this paper argues that 'knowing thatp' is more than 'knowing that "p" is true'. Consequently, we shall rethink the object problem of propositional knowledge - if knowing thatpis not merely knowing that 'p' is true, then what is indeed the object of propositional knowledge? I will also attempt to solve this problem by proposing a complementary answer: knowing thatprequires at least knowing the truth ofp, plus, understanding the content ofp.
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页码:1075 / 1092
页数:18
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