GETTIERIZED KNOBE EFFECTS

We report experimental results showing that participants are more likely to attribute knowledge in familiar Gettier cases when the would-be knowers are performing actions that are negative in some way (e.g. harmful, blameworthy, norm-violating) than when they are performing positive or neutral actio...

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Published inEpisteme Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 219 - 240
Main Authors Beebe, James R., Shea, Joseph
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2013
Subjects
Asian people
Cognition & reasoning
Cultural differences
Epistemology
Knowledge
Philosophers
Philosophy
Studies
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Summary:We report experimental results showing that participants are more likely to attribute knowledge in familiar Gettier cases when the would-be knowers are performing actions that are negative in some way (e.g. harmful, blameworthy, norm-violating) than when they are performing positive or neutral actions. Our experiments bring together important elements from the Gettier case literature in epistemology and the Knobe effect literature in experimental philosophy and reveal new insights into folk patterns of knowledge attribution.
ISSN:1742-3600
1750-0117
DOI:10.1017/epi.2013.23