Knowing What It Is Like

What kind of knowledge does one have when one knows what it is like to, say, fall in love, eat vegemite(TM), be a parent, or ride a bike? This Element addresses this question by exploring the tension between two plausible theses about this form of knowledge: (i) that to possess it one must have had the corresponding experience, and (ii) that to possess it one must know an answer to the 'what it is like' question. The Element shows how the tension between these two theses helps to explain existing debates about this form of knowledge, as well as puzzling conflicts in our attitudes towards the possibility of sharing this knowledge through testimony, or other sources like literature, theories, and simulations. The author also offers a view of 'what it is like' knowledge which can resolve both the tension between (i) and (ii), and these puzzles around testimony.

Author: Yuri Cath
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/19/2024
Pages: 74
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d
ISBN13: 9781009323734
ISBN10: 1009323733
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | General

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