Epistemic Cans

Key Points

• The research aims to establish a connection between knowledge attributions and ability attributions through the concept of compossibility.
• Developed a theoretical framework linking epistemic and agentive modalities.
• Critically analyzed existing literature on knowledge and ability ascriptions.
• Proposed a novel interpretation of position-to-know ascriptions.
• Established that knowledge ascriptions depend on the ability to know through compossibility.
• Demonstrated the subsumption of epistemic modality under agentive modality.
• Highlighted the significance of ability in understanding knowledge claims.