knowledge; inference; reflection; margin of error; measurement
Abstract :
[en] Abstract: Some philosophers have claimed that there is knowledge from falsehood (KFF, in short), i.e., inferential knowledge that involves a relevant false premise. The main thesis of this paper is that there are no standard cases of KFF. By ‘standard cases’ we mean cases in which the subject employs a measurement procedure in order to determine the value of some quantity, such as the time or the number of people present in a room. If knowledge is attained at all, it is attained by inference not from a false premise but, instead, from two pieces of reflective knowledge. A brief look at putative
non-standard cases of KFF reveals that they can be explained away in a different way, albeit a way that shares a common pattern with standard cases.
Disciplines :
Philosophy & ethics
Author, co-author :
HOFMANN, Frank ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM) > Philosophy
KOHL, Yannick ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences > Department of Humanities > Team Frank HOFMANN
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
No Knowledge from Falsehood but from Reflective Knowledge in advance
