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(2018) Synthese 195 (2).
On the most prominent account, understanding what was said is always propositional knowledge of what was said. I develop a more minimal alternative, according to which understanding is sometimes a distinctive attitude towards what was said—to a first approximation, entertaining what was said. The propositional knowledge account has been supported on the basis of its capacity to explain testimonial knowledge transmission. I argue that it is not so supported.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-016-1243-5
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Longworth, G. (2018). Understanding what was said. Synthese 195 (2), pp. 815-834.
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