THE KNOWLEDGE PROBLEM IN SOCIAL SCIENCES: EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY

Pablo S. García and Rodolfo H. Pérez
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Rodolfo H. Pérez: Universidad de Buenos Aires

Fuzzy Economic Review, 2002, vol. VII, issue 1, 45-56

Abstract: In this paper we deal with the problem of the knowledge under uncertain conditions. Since Plato definition in Teetetos, knowledge has been defined as a true belief and this has been thougt as a clear and distinct idea. So, if we have any kind of knowledge, it can´t be uncertain. We are trying to show how this poit of view changed since fuzzy sets theory has been pro-posed: it is now possible to define knowledge even in conditions of epistemic uncertainty. This is the point of view we try to explain here.

Keywords: epistemology; uncertainty; knowledge; fuzzy sets; ontology. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 A14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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