@HPluckrose @ConceptualJames @janeclarejones just realized I don't need any fancy reading to explain different knowledges. Ordinal and Cardinal numbers are a perfect example. Say in the context of Decision Theory.
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The numbers 1,2,3,4,5 etc can either represent quantities or order. So, for example, I have 5 apples, but I came 5th in the running race (actually, I am really pathetic at running so that is highly unlikely). Counting and ordering can look the same in simple cases but aren't
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e.g. someone cheating changes the order even if you count people home.
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OK, but no-1 is criticising different methods of obtaining knowledge. They're criticising the claim that different knowledges exist. If I know there are 5 apples because I counted them carefully & you know there are 1000 because you dreamt it, 1 of us is wrong & 1 method better
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A real example of this given by a postmodernist related to Auschwitz. A survivor recalled all four chimneys burning. Evidence shows only one of them did. The PoMo claimed both of these are true & these are different knowledges - empirical knowledge and experiental knowledge.
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In reality, we know that only one chimney burnt & that the survivor had a false memory.The survivor's experience is actually way more important than chimneys but these are not different knowledges. They are one known thing & an experience of an event. They don't have to reconcile
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