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    It is not the case that (K) is not known

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Priests and Beall's dialetheism holds that certain paradoxical sentences can be both true and false simultaneously.
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    • 2.If (K) is a dialetheia, then P2's classical assumption that falsehood precludes knowledge fails, as knowledge of true-and-false propositions may be coherent.
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    • 3.Williamson's own treatment of the Knower shows the paradox resists resolution through simple truth-value assignment, lending force to non-classical alternatives.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The Knower Paradox reveals that (K) is true if and only if it is false, making its truth value indeterminate rather than simply false.
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    • 2.If (K) lacks a determinate truth value, premise P2's scope is restricted and cannot be applied to establish unknowability via falsehood.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.(K) is false
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    • 2.No one can know a proposition that is false
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