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Longworth, Guy (2019) Sharing non-observational knowledge. Inquiry . doi:10.1080/0020174X.2019.1680430 ISSN 0020-174X. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2019.1680430
Abstract
One can know without observation what one is up to, but can one know without observation what someone else is up to? I explore two strategies for defending the claim that one can. The first strategy relies on the fact that one can know what someone is doing by accepting what they tell one about what they are doing. It proposes that testimony can preserve the credentials of a piece of knowledge so that if a benefactor has non-observational knowledge, then a recipient of their testimony can acquire non-observational knowledge by accepting it. The second strategy appeals to the existence of collective activities. It proposes that where a number of people engage in a collective activity, each can know what each is up to, and that knowledge can be had without observation. My goal is to set out both strategies. A secondary aim is to suggest grounds for greater optimism about the prospects of the first strategy than the second.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Observation (Psychology), Testimony (Theory of knowledge) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Inquiry | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 0020-174X | ||||||
Official Date: | 15 November 2019 | ||||||
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DOI: | 10.1080/0020174X.2019.1680430 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | โThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Inquiry on 15/11/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0020174X.2019.1680430 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 October 2019 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 May 2021 | ||||||
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