Reflective knowledge: Knowledge extended

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

5-2018

Abstract

In this paper, we defend the claim that reflective knowledge is necessary for extended knowledge. We begin by examining a recent account of extended knowledge provided by Palermos and Pritchard (2013). We note a weakness with that account and a challenge facing theorists of extended knowledge. The challenge that we identify is to articulate the extended cognition condition necessary for extended knowledge in such a way as to avoid counterexample from the revamped Careless Math Student and Truetemp cases. We consider but reject Pritchard’s (2012b) epistemological disjunctivism as providing a model for doing so. Instead, we set out an account of reflection informed by Confucianism and dual-process theory. We make the case that reflective knowledge offers a way of overcoming the challenge identified. We show why such knowledge is necessary for extended knowledge, while building on Sosa’s (2012) account of meta-competence.

Keywords

Careless math student, Confucianism, Dual-process theory, Extended cognition, Extended knowledge, Reflective knowledge, Truetemp

Discipline

Epistemology

Research Areas

Humanities

Publication

Extended Epistemology

Editor

J. Adam Carter (ed.) et al.

First Page

162

Last Page

176

ISBN

9780198769811

Identifier

10.1093/oso/9780198769811.003.0010

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Additional URL

http://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198769811.003.0010

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