Single Idea 19541

[catalogued under 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First]

Full Idea

If we say our cognitive aim is to get knowledge, the opposing views are the naturalistic view that what matters is just true belief (or just 'getting by'), or that there are rival epistemic goods such as understanding and wisdom.

Gist of Idea

Rather than knowledge, our epistemic aim may be mere true belief, or else understanding and wisdom

Source

Dougherty,T/Rysiew,P (Experience First (and reply) [2014], p.17)

Book Reference

'Contemporary Debates in Epistemology (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Steup/Turri/Sosa [Wiley Blackwell 2014], p.17


A Reaction

[compressed summary] I'm a fan of understanding. The accumulation of propositional knowledge would relish knowing the mass of every grain of sand on a beach. If you say the propositions should be 'important', other values are invoked.

Related Idea

Idea 19542 It is nonsense that understanding does not involve knowledge; to understand, you must know [Dougherty/Rysiew]