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Speaker: Barteld Kooi (University of Groningen)
Title: The ambiguity of knowability
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Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Room F1.15, ILLC, Science Park 107, Amsterdam

AbstractIn this talk I will argue that the Verification Thesis (all truths are knowable) is only susceptible to Fitch’s Paradox if one conflates the de re and de dicto interpretation of knowability. A formalization shows that if one treats knowability as a complex second-order predicate, then the paradox falls apart.