Sharing Knowledge: A Functionalist Account of Assertion

ISBN-13: 9781316517130 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 220 str.

Christoph Kelp (University of Glasgow);Mona Simion (University of Glasgow)

Opis

Assertion is the central vehicle for the sharing of knowledge. Whether knowledge is shared successfully often depends on the quality of assertions: good assertions lead to successful knowledge sharing, while bad ones don't. In Sharing Knowledge, Christoph Kelp and Mona Simion investigate the relation between knowledge sharing and assertion, and develop an account of what it is to assert well. More specifically, they argue that the function of assertion is to share knowledge with others. It is this function that supports a central norm of assertion according to which a good assertion is one that has the disposition to generate knowledge in others. The book uses this functionalist approach to motivate further norms of assertion on both the speaker and the hearer side and investigates ramifications of this view for other questions about assertion.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. KRA: The Knowledge Rule of Assertion: 1. The case for the KRA; 2. Problems for KRA; 3. KRA and sufficiency; Part II. FFAA: A function first account of assertion: 4. FFAA; 5. FFAA and KRA; 6. FFAA and the duty to believe; Part III. Knowledge and Language: 7. KRA and constitutivity; 8. KRA and epistemic contextualism; Appendix A. The value of knowledge; Appendix B. JRA and knowledge first justification; Appendix C. Constitutivity in general; Bibliography.