Factivity and Voluntariness of Knowledge in the Light of Adam Grobler’s Epistemology Cover Image

Faktywność a wolitywność wiedzy w świetle epistemologii Adama Groblera
Factivity and Voluntariness of Knowledge in the Light of Adam Grobler’s Epistemology

Author(s): Rafał Palczewski
Subject(s): Epistemology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: factivity; voluntariness; knowledge; presupposition; relevant alternatives theory; Grobler;

Summary/Abstract: If knowledge is factive, it is not voluntary. In the paper, I discuss this relation within the framework of the theory of knowledge proposed by Adam Grobler. It directly questions the factivity of knowledge and indirectly assumes voluntariness. So, in fact, this theory shows how the acceptance of voluntariness leads to the rejection of factivity. I argue that the exact opposite is true by defending the factivity of knowledge. I also show that Grobler’s theory of knowledge is the variation of Lewis’s relevant alternative approach to knowledge.

  • Issue Year: 17/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 43-72
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Polish