(March 27, 2023 at 10:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(March 27, 2023 at 10:49 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: 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
Then I misunderstood what you mean. I thought "accidental knowledge" means "belief with a justification that happens to be right, even though the justification is not good".