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64The Knowledge Rule and the Action RuleSouthern Journal of Philosophy 52 (4): 552-574. 2014.In this paper I compare Timothy Williamson's knowledge rule of assertion with Ishani Maitra and Brian Weatherson's action rule. The paper is in two parts. In the first part I present and respond to Maitra and Weatherson's master argument against the knowledge rule. I argue that while its second premise, to the effect that an action X can be the thing to do though one is in no position to know that it is, is true, its first premise is not: the data do not support the claim that whenever X is the …Read more
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1077Counter Closure and Knowledge despite FalsehoodPhilosophical Quarterly 64 (257): 552-568. 2014.Certain puzzling cases have been discussed in the literature recently which appear to support the thought that knowledge can be obtained by way of deduction from a falsehood; moreover, these cases put pressure, prima facie, on the thesis of counter closure for knowledge. We argue that the cases do not involve knowledge from falsehood; despite appearances, the false beliefs in the cases in question are causally, and therefore epistemologically, incidental, and knowledge is achieved despite falseh…Read more
Brian Ball
Northeastern University London
University of Oxford
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Northeastern University LondonAssociate Professor
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Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland