Title
Some remarks on restricting the knowability principle.
Abstract
The Fitch paradox poses a serious challenge for anti-realism. This paper investigates the option for an anti-realist to answer the challenge by restricting the knowability principle. Based on a critical discussion of Dummett’s and Tennant’s suggestions for a restriction desiderata for a principled solution are developed. In the second part of the paper a different restriction is proposed. The proposal uses the notion of uniform formulas and diagnoses the problem arising in the case of Moore sentences in the different status propositional letters receive. The new proposal is able to avoid some of the criticism on its predecessors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/s11229-010-9833-0
Synthese
Keywords
Field
DocType
Fitch’s paradox,Knowability principle,Restriction strategy,Uniform sentences
Criticism,Computer science,Artificial intelligence,Epistemology
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
190
1
0039-7857
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
2
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Martin Fischer1131.77