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Kuczynski on Partial Knowledge and the Paradox of Analysis
Author(s) -
Cobb Jeffrey
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9973.00251
Subject(s) - epistemology , partial equilibrium , partial agonist , partial evaluation , philosophy , mathematical economics , computer science , economics , medicine , microeconomics , general equilibrium theory , receptor , programming language , antagonist
John–Michael Kuczynski says the “paradox of analysis” can be resolved with the proper definition of “partial knowledge.” He says that this definition will not do: (K) S has partial knowledge of x = df S knows some, but not all, of x ’s parts. He offers an alternative account of incomplete or partial knowledge. I argue here that: (a) Kuczynski’s chief criticisms of (K) are defective; (b) his proposed solution to the paradox of analysis has no clear application to the paradox in its familiar forms; and (c) his solution may not avoid the puzzle about partial knowledge it was designed to resolve.