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.