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How to argue for pragmatic encroachment.
- Source :
- Synthese; Jun2020, Vol. 197 Issue 6, p2649-2664, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Purists think that changes in our practical interests can't affect our knowledge unless those changes are truth-relevant with respect to the propositions in question. Impurists disagree. They think changes in our practical interests can affect our knowledge even if those changes aren't truth-relevant with respect to the propositions in question. I argue that impurists are right, but for the wrong reasons, since impurists haven't appreciated the best argument for their own view. As I show, there is an argument for impurism sitting in plain sight that is considerably more plausible than any extant argument for impurism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ARGUMENT
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00397857
- Volume :
- 197
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Synthese
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143663031
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-1850-4