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      The knowledge norm of assertion: keep it simple

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      Norm of assertion, Express knowledge norm of assertion, Moral worth, Rightly/well distinction, Epistemic blame

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          The simple knowledge norm of assertion (SKNA) holds that one may (epistemically permissibly) assert that p only if one knows that p. Turri (Aust J Philos 89(1):37–45, 2011) and Williamson (Knowledge and its limits, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000) both argue that more is required for epistemically permissible assertion. In particular, they both think that the asserter must assert on the basis of her knowledge. Turri calls this the express knowledge norm of assertion (EKNA). I defend SKNA and argue against EKNA. First, I argue that EKNA faces counterexamples. Second, I argue that EKNA assumes an implausible view of permissibility on which an assertion is epistemically permissible only if it is made for a right reason, i.e., a reason that contributes to making it the case that it is epistemically permissible to make that assertion. However, the analogous view in other normative domains is both controversial and implausible. This is because it doesn’t make it possible for one to act or react rightly for the wrong reason. I suggest that proponents of EKNA have conflated requirements for φ-ing rightly (or permissibly) with requirements for φ-ing well. Finally, I argue that proponents of SKNA can explain the intuitive defectiveness of asserting on the basis of an epistemically bad reason (e.g., a random guess), even when the asserters know the content of their assertion, by arguing that the asserters are epistemically blameworthy.

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                max.lewis@gmail.com
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                Synthese
                Synthese
                Synthese
                Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht )
                0039-7857
                1573-0964
                14 August 2021
                14 August 2021
                : 1-22
                Affiliations
                GRID grid.7737.4, ISNI 0000 0004 0410 2071, University of Helsinki, ; Helsinki, Finland
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                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-9051
                Article
                3362
                10.1007/s11229-021-03362-7
                8364408
                34413549
                7e04f8f8-5914-452f-82fa-10003f7ee9ea
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                : 18 December 2020
                : 10 August 2021
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                Funded by: University of Helsinki including Helsinki University Central Hospital
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