On Second-Hand Knowledge
“We solve questions of cognitive authority by employing our already formed stocks of beliefs and preferences. If we did not do so, we could never know what to think of anything said or read.”
Patrick Wilson, Second-Hand Knowledge
How do you know what strawberries taste like? How do you know how to get to work? How do you know what causes the moon's phases…
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