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Silva Jr., Paul ORCID: 0000-0002-0321-1562 (2021). Basic Knowledge and the Normativity of Knowledge: the Awareness-First Solution. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. pp. 1-23. ISSN 1933-1592

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Abstract

Many have found it plausible that knowledge is a constitutively normative state, i.e. a state that is grounded in the possession of reasons. Many have also found it plausible that certain cases of proprioceptive knowledge, memorial knowledge, and self-evident knowledge are cases of knowledge that are not grounded in the possession of reasons. I refer to these as cases of basic knowledge. The existence of basic knowledge forms a primary objection to the idea that knowledge is a constitutively normative state. In what follows I offer a way through the apparent dilemma of having to choose between either basic knowledge or the normativity of knowledge. The solution involves homing in on a state of awareness (≈non-accidental true representation) that is distinct from knowledge and which in turn grounds the normativity of knowledge in a way that is fully consistent with the existence of basic knowledge. An upshot of this is that externalist theories of knowledge turn out to be fully compatible with the thesis that knowledgeable beliefs are always beliefs that are justified by the reasons one possesses.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Silva Jr., Paul UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0321-1562 UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Sosa, Ernest UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-368368
DOI:	10.1111/phpr.12754
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Page Range:	pp. 1-23
Date:	2021
ISSN:	1933-1592
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 8: Philosophie > Philosophisches Seminar > Cologne Center for Contemporary Epistemology and the Kantian Tradition
Subjects:	Philosophy
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/36836