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Why We Should Prefer Knowledge
In Felicia Ackerman (ed.), Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 79–93 (1981)
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“the swamping problem” – apparently because the goodness of the result why we should prefer knowledge and obtaining approval of others knowledge – instrumental good – valuable because it enables us to obtain other goods innovations from Plato's Meno – we may desire truth for its own sake or we may look back for a source of value seeking knowledge – reliable or effective way to obtain true beliefs testimony –subclass of assertions offered as informative attributions of knowledge – function as expressions of approval of testimony knowledgeable testimony term for praising testimony, “gnows” knowledge, value
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