CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Kavaz, Ecem |
|---|---|
| Title | Degrees Of Knowledge |
| Summary | Even though we ordinarily grade knowledge, including propositional knowledge, it is widely unaccepted in epistemology that propositional knowledge can come in degrees. This thesis argues that epistemic gradualism, the view that propositional knowledge comes in degrees, has numerous advantages and we should endorse epistemic gradualism to have a theory of knowledge that is more in line with our ordinary conceptions and uses of knowledge. Arguments from various sources, both theoretical and linguistic, also give us valid reasons to commit to epistemic gradualism. In the view I propose, degrees of knowledge are explained through direct relation with degrees of justification and verisimilitude. Moreover, this epistemic gradualist view can be extended to explain degrees of error. |
| Supervisor | Katalin Farkas |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/kavaz_ecem.pdf |
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