Ideas from 'Knowledge and its Limits' by Timothy Williamson [2000], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Knowledge and its Limits' by Williamson,Timothy [OUP 2002,0-19-925656-x]].

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

4760	Belief aims at knowledge (rather than truth), and mere believing is a kind of botched knowing

			Full Idea: Knowing is the best kind of believing. Mere believing is a kind of botched knowing. In short, belief aims at knowledge (not just truth).
			From: Timothy Williamson (Knowledge and its Limits [2000], §1.5)
			A reaction: The difference between aiming at truth and aiming at knowledge has to be in the justificiation, so beliefs aim to be justified. Believers always aim at truth, but they can be strikingly relaxed about justification.

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

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Don't analyse knowledge; use knowledge to analyse other concepts in epistemology

			Full Idea: Williamson says that instead of being viewed as a concept to be analysed, knowledge should be seen as something useful in the analysis of all sorts of other concepts to epistemology - and to philosophy of mind as well.
			From: report of Timothy Williamson (Knowledge and its Limits [2000]) by Keith DeRose - The Case for Contextualism 1.8
			A reaction: I just don't believe this, because knowledge is obviously a complex state of mind, which invites breaking it down into ingredients. How could knowledge possibly be prior to truth?