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This is the true analytic answer! More fundamentally, “know” is a move in whatever subtype of the English language game you’re playing at the moment, and any di
by bbor 2y ago
This is the true analytic answer! More fundamentally, “know” is a move in whatever subtype of the English language game you’re playing at the moment, and any discussions we have about what it “really” or “truly” means should be based on those instrumental concerns.
E.g. a neurologist would likely be happy to speak of a brain knowing false information, but a psychologist would insist that that’s not the right word. And that’s not even approaching how this maps to close-but-not-quite-exact translations of the word in other languages…