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Longworth, Guy and Wimmer, Simon Bastian (2022) John Cook Wilson on the indefinability of knowledge. European Journal of Philosophy, 30 (4). pp. 1547-1564. doi:10.1111/ejop.12765 ISSN 0966-8373.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12765
Abstract
Can knowledge be defined? We expound an argument of John Cook Wilson's that it cannot. Cook Wilson's argument connects knowing with having the power to inquire. We suggest that if he is right about that connection, then knowledge is, indeed, indefinable.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Knowledge, Theory of, Wilson, John Cook, 1849-1915 | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Philosophy | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0966-8373 | ||||||||
Official Date: | December 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 30 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1547-1564 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/ejop.12765 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Philosophy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 January 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 February 2022 | ||||||||
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