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| Knowledge: Knowledge is the awareness or understanding of something. It can be acquired through experience, or education. Knowledge can be factual, procedural, or conceptual. See also Propositional knowledge, Knowledge how._____________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 Stalnaker on Knowledge - Dictionary of Arguments
I 49 Knowledge/Lewis/Stalnaker: conclusion: knowledge of actual things is determined, not because it is causal knowledge, but because it is indexical knowledge. That is not knowledge of the existence, but of the fact that we are in a certain relation to things. >Indexicality, cf. >Centered worlds. N.B.: therefore all impersonal ontological beliefs are justified by a priori reasons. This will not be accepted by many authors. I 189 Fact/unknown/knowledge/truth value/Stalnaker: e.g. "Julius was the inventor of the zipper." This establishes an unknown fact. We know by virtue of our designation, that it is true, although we do not know the fact (because we do not know who is Julius). Reference of names: the reference of names depends on facts. >Causal theory of reference, >Causal theorys of names, >Facts._____________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. |
Stalnaker I R. Stalnaker Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18