Vendler on "Know" and "Believe" : Problems in Contemporary Epistemology

Abstract

This project explores Zeno Vendler's linguistic analysis of the meaning of the verbs believe and know, which led him to challenge dominant philosophical theories of the nature of belief and knowledge. The content of the project poses important challenges for the theory of knowledge as "justified, true belief," a view which has been discussed sin the time of Plato, and is widely held among contemporary epistemologists.