Epistemic Friction: Reflections on Knowledge, Truth, and Logic

• Published in: Erkenntnis Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 151 - 176
• Main Author: Sher, Gila
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.03.2010; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cognition & reasoning; Education; Epistemology; Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge; Ethics; Foundationalism; Friction; Intuition; Knowledge; Legal objections; Logic; Logical empiricism; Mathematical objects; Mathematics; Model theory; Ontology; Original Article; Philosophy; Physics; Truth; Traditional Methodology; Formal Property; Logical Principle; Logical Theory; Isomorphic Structure
• ISSN: 0165-0106; 1572-8420
• DOI: 10.1007/s10670-009-9202-x

Knowledge requires both freedom and friction. Freedom to set up our epistemic goals, choose the subject matter of our investigations, espouse cognitive norms, design research programs, etc., and friction (constraint) coming from two directions: the object or target of our investigation, i.e., the wo...