TY  - JOUR
T1  - Knowledge as the Working and Walking Narrative
AU  - Omotoyinbo, Femi Richard
PY  - 2018
DA  - December
DO  - 10.18491/beytulhikme.507793
JF  - Beytulhikme An International Journal of Philosophy
JO  - Beytulhikme
PB  - Asos Yayınları
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1303-8303
SP  - 441
EP  - 453
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - ‘Motion’ in the acquisition of knowledge is the focus of this paper. My claim is that the motion in the acquisition of knowledge, albeit abstract, is of two dimensions: one as ‘the mind working towards reality’ and the other as ‘reality walking towards the mind’. Using an epistemic approach, I conceptualize these two dimensions (hereafter as the working and walking narrative) under the Externalism and the Internalism divide and identify that externalism leaves us with more to explore about knowledge acquisition than internalism. Since externalism seems to accommodate the two dimensions better than internalism, I present the working and walking narrative under externalism. Two envisaged objections are addressed, along with considerations of some probable implications of the working and walking narrative for philosophy, specifically epistemology.
KW  - Epistemic effort
KW  - knowledge acquisition
KW  - externalism
KW  - internalism
KW  - dual carriageway of knowing
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.18491/beytulhikme.507793
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/618206
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