(March 27, 2023 at 10:49 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:(March 27, 2023 at 10:04 am)Helios Wrote: This doesn't invalidate accidental knowledge. Which has value.
I think most philosophers today agree with Peter Unger that "accidental knowledge" is an oxymoron.
If I accidentally drop a hammer on my foot, I gain the knowledge that dropping a hammer on my foot hurts.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson