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SUMMARY:Science and the approximation account of knowledge - Wesley Buckwa
 lter (University of Manchester)
DTSTART:20191114T153000Z
DTEND:20191114T170000Z
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CONTACT:Agnes Bolinska
DESCRIPTION:It is widely accepted that knowledge is factive\, meaning that
  only truths can be known. This theory creates a sceptical challenge. Beca
 use many scientific beliefs are only approximately true\, and therefore fa
 lse\, they do not count as knowledge. I consider several responses to this
  challenge and propose a new one. I propose easing the truth requirement o
 n knowledge to allow approximately true\, practically adequate representat
 ions to count as knowledge. In addition to addressing the sceptical challe
 nge\, this view also coheres with several previous theoretical proposals i
 n epistemology.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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