Having a concept has a cost

Synthese 204 (2):1-20 (2024)
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Abstract

Having a concept usually has some epistemic benefits. It might give one means to knowing certain facts, for example. This paper explores the possibility that having a concept can have an epistemic cost. I argue that it typically does, even putting aside our contingent limitations, assuming that there is epistemic value in understanding others from their own perspectives.

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Michael Deigan
Freie Universität Berlin

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