Single Idea 3759

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory]

Full Idea

You can first come to know by remembering, as in learning how many windows there were in your childhood home by imagining a tour.

Gist of Idea

You can acquire new knowledge by exploring memories

Source

Bernecker / Dretske (Knowledge:Readings in Cont.Epist [2000], Pt.V Int)

Book Reference

'Knowledge: readings in contemp epistemology', ed/tr. Bernecker/Dretske [OUP 2000], p.434