Putting the horse before the cart
A Pragmatist Analysis of Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5085535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luís M Augusto, Luís Augusto (0000-0001-9097-5722, Universidade do Porto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 135-152 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Trans/Form/Ação (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0101-3173 • E-ISSN: 1980-539X |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0101-31732011000200008 |
| OpenAlex | W2004894659 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0101-31732011000200008 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The definition of knowledge as justified true belief is the best we presently have. However, the canonical tripartite analysis of knowledge does not do justice to it due to a Platonic conception of a priori truth that puts the cart before the horse. Within a pragmatic approach, I argue that by doing away with a priori truth, namely by submitting truth to justification, and by accordingly altering the canonical analysis of knowledge, this is a fruitful definition. So fruitful indeed that it renders the Gettier counterexamples vacuous, allowing positive work in epistemology and related disciplines
A priori and a posteriori · Cart · Counterexample · Epistemology · Pragmatism · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Mathematics · Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |