Achieving Knowledge

When we affirm (or deny) that someone knows something we are making a value judgment of sorts - we are claiming that there is something superior (or inferior) about that persons opinion or their evidence or perhaps about them. A central task of the theory of knowledge is to investigate the sort of evaluation at issue. This is the first book to make epistemic normativity or the normative dimension of knowledge and knowledge ascriptions its central focus. John Greco argues that knowledge is a kind of achievement as opposed to mere lucky success. This locates knowledge within a broader familiar normative domain. By reflecting on our thinking and practices in this domain it is argued we gain insight into what knowledge is and what kind of value it has for us.