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
Citation
MI, Chienkuo, & RYAN, Shane. (2018). Reflective knowledge: Knowledge extended. In Extended Epistemology (pp. 162-176). : Oxford University Press.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3706
Additional URL
http://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198769811.003.0010