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Knowing Without Having The Competence to Do So

Author(s) -

Hirvelä Jaakko

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

thought: a journal of philosophy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429

H-Index - 8

ISSN - 2161-2234

DOI - 10.1002/tht3.411

Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , epistemology , argument (complex analysis) , virtue , knowledge management , psychology , philosophy , computer science , social psychology , biochemistry , chemistry

According to all varieties of virtue reliabilism, knowledge is always gained through the exercise of epistemic competences. These competences can be conceived as competences to form true beliefs, or as competences to know. I will present a short but decisive argument against the idea that knowledge is always gained through the exercise of competences to know. The competence to know isn't necessary for gaining knowledge.

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