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THE STATE OF KNOWING
Author(s) -
Millar Alan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
philosophical issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.638
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1758-2237
pISSN - 1533-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1533-6077.2007.00129.x
Subject(s) - citation , state (computer science) , computer science , library science , programming language
A form of conceptual enquiry into knowledge is defended on which there is noopposition between enquiry into the concept and enquiring into the phenomenon. Anon-reductive approach to epistemology is outlined on which ways of telling arecrucial to the explanation of what knowledge is. Examples include telling that abird is a robin by looking at it or telling that deer have passed by from trackson a path. The emerging account is designed to make sense of our ready access tofacts about what we and others know and of the value we place on knowledge