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Knowing the Answer Redux: Replies to Brogaard and Kallestrup
Author(s) -
SCHAFFER JONATHAN
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
philosophy and phenomenological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1933-1592
pISSN - 0031-8205
DOI - 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2009.00252.x
Subject(s) - yesterday , shalom , philosophy , subtext , epistemology , cognitive science , theology , psychology , art , literature , physics , astronomy
In "Knowing the Answer" I argued that knowledge-wh is question-relative. For example, to know when the movie starts is to know the answer p to the question Q of when the movie starts. Berit Brogaard and Jesper Kallestrup have each responded with insightful critiques of my argument, and novel accounts of knowledge-wh. I am grateful to them both for continuing the discussion in so thoughtful a way. In §1 I will recap the main argument of "Knowing the Answer," and revise my account in accord with a suggestion from both Brogaard and Kallestrup. In §2 I will reply to Brogaard's objections, and argue that her positive account does not apply to interrogative wA-clauses at all. In §3 I will critique Kallestrup's positive account, and reply to his revenge argument.