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Full Idea
If we only know what we know ...we would be astonished by the treasures contained in our knowledge.
Gist of Idea
If we knew what we know, we would be astonished
Source
Immanuel Kant (Wiener Logik [1795], p.843), quoted by J. Alberto Coffa - The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap 1 'Conc'
Book Ref
Coffa,J.Alberto: 'The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap' [CUP 1993], p.12
A Reaction
Nice remark. He doesn't require immediat recall of knowledge. You can't be required to know that you know something. That doesn't imply externalism, though. I believe in securely founded internal knowledge which is hard to recall.
| 18260 | If we knew what we know, we would be astonished [Kant] |
| 3074 | People's reasons for belief are rarely conscious [Harman] |
| 8832 | If justified beliefs are well-formed beliefs, then animals and young children have them [Goldman] |
| 19506 | Externalism is better than internalism in dealing with radical scepticism [Pritchard,D] |
| 19709 | Internalism in epistemology over-emphasises deliberation about beliefs [Vahid] |