Knowing That P without Believing That P

• Published in: Noûs (Bloomington, Indiana) Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 371 - 384
• Main Authors: Myers-Schulz, Blake, Schwitzgebel, Eric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2013; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Epistemology; Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge; Knowledge management; Philosophy; Knowledge theory

Most epistemologists hold that knowledge entails belief. However, proponents of this claim rarely offer a positive argument in support of it. Rather, they tend to treat the view as obvious and assert that there are no convincing counterexamples. We find this strategy to be problematic. We do not fin...