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    Edgington's knowability principle (EKP) is not general en... — Carmelics
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    Edgington's knowability principle (EKP) is not general enough as an epistemic constraint on truth

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    • 1.The actuality operator rigidly designates actual situations, so the truth-value of statements of the form 'Actually p' does not vary across possible situations
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    • 2.If 'Actually p' is true, then it is necessary that 'Actually p' is true
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    • 3.Anyone likely to endorse the knowability principle would expect it to hold of all truths, not merely necessary truths involving the actuality operator
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    Since the actuality operator rigidly designates actual situations, the truth-value of statements of the form \(\A p\) will not vary across possible situations. ‘\(\A p\)’ entails ‘in every situation \(\A p\)’. Thus, as Edgington is aware, if \(\A p\) then it is necessary that \(\A p\). This by itself poses a problem for EKP. The criticism is that Edgington’s approach is not general enough. Anyone who is likely to endorse the knowability principle is likely to think that it holds of all truths, n
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