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Omniscience: the ability to know all statements. - Logical problem even the understanding of a logically true statement could could cause the requirement, that all logical consequences are known. E.g. Knowing the calculation rules would logically require that all the results are known._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Robert Nozick on Omniscience - Dictionary of Arguments
II 240 Knowledge/implication/Nozick: if knowledge of something involves the knowledge of it implied,then we know* almost nothing. - You cannot know all the implications. >Implication. When the knowledge of the implications is needed, then knowledge is closed under implication. This is the position of the skepticism. >Closure, >Skepticism. Anti-skepticism: knowledge is not closed under (known) implication: you do not need to know^ all the implications. - But we know a lot. Among other things, we know that we are not in a vat. >Brains in a vat._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
No I R. Nozick Philosophical Explanations Oxford 1981 No II R., Nozick The Nature of Rationality 1994 |