In this episode, we complete our full-text reading of my book, Knowledge By Acceptance, with Chapter 10, "Finalizing our Analysis of Knowledge."     In this final chapter, I reveal the solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show how we can analyze the concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order for a person to *know* something, rather than to merely believe it.  In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of this last chapter, read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters via my website, https://JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the links.  For academics, I have also made available a free, draft academic paper on my final analysis of knowledge, my No Unacceptable Element theory. Just go to JamesGraf.org, to the "Papers" tab, and download the PDF - the download is free - there is no paywall involved. The book, Knowledge By Acceptance, is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete theory of knowledge. Whether outside academia, or within the context of a graduate degree, I intend to continue this work during my career. I have already sketched out my key arguments for these two books, though I do not have the financial ability to begin writing proper.  I intend to use future episodes of this podcast to explore the theories of living and dead philosophers that I suspect may help me with any parts of this larger scope of work - this attempt to understand the nature of the true and the good, which I think of as "Plato's Projects." This may include summaries and discussions of theories old and new, and it hopefully will include interviews with philosophers about theories - whether their own on those of history's greats.   Those who wish to support the future of this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support  

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PP11 – "Finalizing our Analysis of Knowledge" – Chapter 10 of Knowledge By Acceptance

We continue our full-text reading of my book, Knowledge By Acceptance, with Chapter 9, "Grades of Knowledge."   The 10-chapter book, Knowledge By Acceptance, will reveal the  solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show us how we can analyze the concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order for a person to *know* something, rather than merely believing it. The book is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete theory of knowledge.   In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of today's chapter,  read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a  full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters  via my website, JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the  links.   Those who wish to support this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support 

PP10 – "Grades of Knowledge" – Chapter 9 of Knowledge By Acceptance

 We continue our full-text reading of my book, Knowledge By Acceptance, with Chapter 8, "A Proposed Analysis of Knowledge."   The 10-chapter book, Knowledge By Acceptance, will reveal the  solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show us how we can analyze the concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order for a person to *know* something, rather than merely believing it. The book is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete theory of knowledge.   In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of today's chapter,  read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a  full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters  via my website, JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the  links.   Those who wish to support this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support 

PP9 – "A Proposed Analysis of Knowledge" – Chapter 8 of Knowledge By Acceptance

We continue our full-text reading of my book, Knowledge By Acceptance, with Chapter 7, "To Fix the Traditional Analysis of Knowledge."   The 10-chapter book, Knowledge By Acceptance, will reveal the  solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show us how we can analyze the concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order for a person to *know* something, rather than merely believing it. The book is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete theory of knowledge.   In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of today's chapter,  read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a  full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters  via my website, JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the  links.   Those who wish to support this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support 

PP8 – "To Fix the Traditional Analysis of Knowledge" – Chapter 7 of Knowledge By Acceptance

We continue our full-text reading of my book, Knowledge By Acceptance, with Chapter 6, "Truth." The 10-chapter book, Knowledge By Acceptance, will reveal the  solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show us how we can analyze the  concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order  for a person to *know* something, rather than merely believing it. The  book is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete  theory of knowledge. In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of today's chapter,  read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a  full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters  via my website, JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the  links. Those who wish to support this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support

PP7 – "Truth" – Chapter 6 of Knowledge By Acceptance

 We continue our full-text reading of my book, Knowledge By Acceptance, with Chapter 5, "Belief, Propositions, and Justification." The 10-chapter book, Knowledge By Acceptance, will reveal the  solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show us how we can analyze the  concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order  for a person to *know* something, rather than merely believing it. The  book is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete  theory of knowledge. In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of today's chapter,  read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a  full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters  via my website, JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the  links. Those who wish to support this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support

PP6 – "Belief, Propositions, and Justification" – Chapter 5 of Knowledge By Acceptance

 We continue our full-text reading of my book, Knowledge By Acceptance, with Chapter 4: "The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge." The 10-chapter book, Knowledge By Acceptance, will reveal the  solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show us how we can analyze the  concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order  for a person to *know* something, rather than merely believing it. The  book is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete  theory of knowledge. In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of today's chapter,  read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a  full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters  via my website, JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the  links. Those who wish to support this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support

PP5 – "The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge" – Chapter 4 of Knowledge By Acceptance

 We continue our full-text reading of my book, Knowledge By Acceptance, with Chapter 3, "Key Questions about Knowledge." The 10-chapter book, Knowledge By Acceptance, will reveal the  solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show us how we can analyze the  concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order  for a person to *know* something, rather than merely believing it. The  book is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete  theory of knowledge. In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of today's chapter,  read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a  full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters  via my website, JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the  links. Those who wish to support this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support

PP4 – "Key Questions about Knowledge" – Chapter 3 of Knowledge By Acceptance

We continue our full-text reading of my book, Knowledge By Acceptance, with Chapter 2: "The Basic View of Knowledge." The 10-chapter book, Knowledge By Acceptance, will reveal the solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show us how we can analyze the concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order for a person to *know* something, rather than merely believing it. The book is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete theory of knowledge. In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of today's chapter, read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters via my website, JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the links. Those who wish to support this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support

PP3 – "The Basic View of Knowledge" – Chapter 2 of Knowledge By Acceptance:

Today’s episode begins own journey proper through my book, Knowledge By Acceptance: a New and Practical Means of Identifying Knowledge, with Chapter 1, "Knowledge in What Sense?"  The 10-chapter book, Knowledge By Acceptance, will reveal the  solution to the Gettier Problems and thus show us how we can analyze the concept of knowledge into a set of conditions that must be met in order for a person to *know* something, rather than merely believing it. The book is part of an intended three-book series to construct a complete theory of knowledge.  In this episode, I provide audio of the full text of today's chapter,  read by a quite-good computer voice. For those who wish to read along, a full-text version of the chapter is available to my Patreon supporters  via my website, JamesGraf.org. Just find today's episode and follow the links.    The following is a summary of today's chapter. In Chapter 1, I explore the different senses of the word ‘know’ that we use in English, in order to locate the sense or senses of the word most relevant to our project. Based on the senses of the word ‘know’ we deploy in our English-language speech, I identify and distinguish four types of knowledge. I draw distinctions between propositional knowledge, acquaintance knowledge, ability (also known as procedural) knowledge, and understanding.  I argue that, while these types of knowledge are not mutually exclusive and are often interdependent, the primary type we need to focus on is propositional knowledge. However, I do note that we will find a very close link between the concepts of propositional knowledge and understanding, and that we will be forced to explore the concept of understanding if we are to achieve our end goal of demystifying the concept of propositional knowledge.  As for what propositional knowledge is, while I do not provide a precise definition of it within this chapter, I imply it is the knowledge of such ‘knowing-that’ sentences as, “All my students know that J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit.” I thus refer to it as the knowledge of facts.  I conclude the chapter by clarifying a related and important concept – that of rationality, and the sense of this word that will be most relevant to the book’s project of developing a theory of propositional knowledge. I draw the important distinction between theoretical rationality and practical rationality. Theoretical rationality concerns believing the right thing, i.e. the thing most likely to be true. Practical rationality, in contrast, concerns doing the right thing, i.e. taking the action most likely to achieve that which one considers to be good.  The present book, Knowledge By Acceptance, is Book 1 of an intended three-book series on the nature of propositional knowledge. I clarify that since in the present book series we are seeking to understand the nature of propositional knowledge and not of goodness, the type of rationality we will need to clarify along the way will be theoretical rationality and not practical rationality. I intend that we will turn our attention to practical rationality in a subsequent book series, both within a larger book collection, when we seek to understand the nature of goodness.  Those who wish to support this podcast can find out more at JamesGraf.org/Support.

PP2 – "Knowledge in What Sense?" – Chapter 1 of Knowledge By Acceptance

In episode one, I introduce Plato's Projects, a philosophy podcast, and myself, the public philosopher James Graf. The episode begins an 11-episode series revealing the solution to the Gettier Problems, which have stumped my fellow epistemologists (i.e. philosophers of the theory of knowledge) since 1963. These episodes thus provide a workable analysis of knowledge; they answer the question of how to analyze knowledge into a list of conditions that must be met for a person to *know* something, rather than to merely believe it  - a project worked on since the time of Plato.  In the first 11 episodes I deliver in audio form the full text of my upcoming book, Knowledge By Acceptance: A New and Practical Means of Identifying Knowledge. This is the first book in an intended 3-book series to construct a complete theory of knowledge. This first episode also explains how I set out to write this book and its book series.  Regarding the podcast, I explain how, after the first 11 episodes, I intend to use this podcast as a workspace to discuss the philosophical ideas of any philosophers, living and dead, that I suspect might be helpful to my larger project of developing consensus-ready theories of the true and the good – the very projects Plato himself took up, giving shape to philosophy ever since. Listeners can find out more about my work and how to support the podcast at https://JamesGraf.org/support.

PP1 – Intro to Plato's Projects, and to Knowledge By Acceptance

Seeking answers to philosophy's basic questions about the natures of knowledge and goodness, with public philosopher James Graf. Places great works from philosophers living and dead in conversation with Graf's own evolving ideas, to try to understand the natures of the true and good - projects outlined by Plato, which have gripped philosophers ever since.

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