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Single Idea 8818

[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / f. Animal beliefs ]

Full Idea

Defeasible reasoning requires us to be able to think about our thoughts.

Gist of Idea

Defeasible reasoning requires us to be able to think about our thoughts

Source

John L. Pollock (Epistemic Norms [1986], 'Cog.Mach')

Book Ref

'Epistemology - An Anthology', ed/tr. Sosa,E. /Kim,J. [Blackwell 2000], p.213

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A Reaction

This is why I do not think animals 'know' anything, though they seem to have lots of true beliefs about their immediate situation.