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The Importance of Knowledge Ascriptions
Author(s) -
Han Michael J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/phc3.12290
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , epistemology , psychology , cognitive science , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
Knowledge ascriptions of the form ‘S knows that p ’ are a central area of research in philosophy. But why do humans think and talk about knowledge? What are knowledge ascriptions for ? This article surveys a variety of proposals about the role (or roles) of knowledge ascriptions and attempts to provide a unified account of these seemingly distinct views.
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