Information, veridicality, and inferential knowledge

Authors

Nir Fresco, Hebrew University of JerusalemFollow
Patrick H. McGivern, University of WollongongFollow
Aditya K. Ghose, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

112213

Publication Details

Fresco, N., McGivern, P. & Ghose, A. (2017). Information, veridicality, and inferential knowledge. American Philosophical Quarterly, 54 (1), 61-75.

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University of Illinois Press

Abstract

Is information always true? According to some authors, including Dretske, Grice, Barwise, and recently, Floridi, who has defended the Veridicality Thesis, the answer is positive. For, on Floridi's view, there is an intimate relation between information and knowledge, which is always true. It is argued in this article that information used in inferential knowledge can, nevertheless, be false, thereby showing that the Veridicality Thesis is false.