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Knowing, believing, and acting as if you know

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

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Dilip Ninan*
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Department of Philosophy, Tufts University, Miner Hall, Medford, MA02155, USA. [email protected]; http://www.dilipninan.org
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Abstract

Phillips et al. argue that our capacity for representing knowledge is more basic than our capacity for representing belief. But they remain neutral on the further claim that our “belief capacity” depends on our “knowledge capacity.” I consider how this further claim might help to explain some of the generalizations the authors catalog, and explore one way of understanding it.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e164
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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