We certainly have to have a view about knowledge in order to decide whether some version of foreknowledge is necessary for inquiry or whether some philosopher or other thinks it is. Roughly, the more demanding our conception of knowledge is,… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
The reason we can't attain the highest level of knowledge while incarnate is that we can't then wholly escape the influence of the body (and so of perception and of certain desires that take us away from thinking properly); and… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
If historians of philosophy are to be divided into those who focus on discontinuities and those who focus on continuities, I belong in the… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
So long as knowledge goes beyond mere true belief, foreknowledge is implausible, since having and relying on relevant true beliefs is sufficient for inquiry.… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
We certainly have to have a view about knowledge in order to decide whether some version of foreknowledge is necessary for inquiry or whether… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
The reason we can't attain the highest level of knowledge while incarnate is that we can't then wholly escape the influence of the body… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
Even if we don't have any knowledge in this life, we have and tend to rely on relevant true beliefs; and that's sufficient for… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
