Book contents
- Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Knowledge from Knowledge
- Chapter 2 Inferential Knowledge from Falsehood
- Chapter 3 Inferential Knowledge from Unknown Truth
- Chapter 4 Explaining Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Chapter 5 Testimony and Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Chapter 6 Memory and Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Chapter 7 Knowledge from Non-Knowledge in Inference, Testimony and Memory
- References
- Index
Chapter 3 - Inferential Knowledge from Unknown Truth
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 July 2019
- Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Knowledge from Knowledge
- Chapter 2 Inferential Knowledge from Falsehood
- Chapter 3 Inferential Knowledge from Unknown Truth
- Chapter 4 Explaining Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Chapter 5 Testimony and Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Chapter 6 Memory and Knowledge from Non-Knowledge
- Chapter 7 Knowledge from Non-Knowledge in Inference, Testimony and Memory
- References
- Index
Summary
I present several challenge cases to Knowledge Counter-Closure based on inference from a true-but-unknown premise and discuss their significance. I argue that Keith DeRose's attributor contextualism and Jason Stanley's interest-relative invariantism face problems preserving Knowledge Counter-Closure. I close the chapter by examining Branden Fitelson's argument for the possibility of knowledge from essential falsehood. I show that our examination of knowledge from true-but-unknown premises provides the resources to respond to Fitelson's arguments, and underwrite the view that knowledge from essential falsehood is not genuinely possible.
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- Knowledge from Non-KnowledgeInference, Testimony and Memory, pp. 32 - 84Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019