Why We Should Prefer Knowledge

Steven Reynolds

doi:10.1002/9781444307276.ch5

Why We Should Prefer Knowledge

Steven Reynolds

History, Philosophy and Religious Studies, School of (SHPRS)

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Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Midwest Studies in Philosophy
Subtitle of host publication	Truth and its Deformities
Publisher	Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Pages	79-93
Number of pages	15
Volume	32
ISBN (Print)	9781405191456
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444307276.ch5
State	Published - Apr 17 2009

Keywords

"the swamping problem" - apparently because the goodness of the result
Attributions of knowledge - function as expressions of approval of testimony
Innovations from Plato's Meno - we may desire truth for its own sake or we may look back for a source of value
Knowledge - instrumental good - valuable because it enables us to obtain other goods
Knowledgeable testimony
Seeking knowledge - reliable or effective way to obtain true beliefs
Term for praising testimony, "gnows"
Testimony -subclass of assertions offered as informative
Why we should prefer knowledge and obtaining approval of others

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Arts and Humanities

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