104th PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Marie McGinn on Non-Inferential Knowledge
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
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Is the Square Red? Is It a Barn?
McDowell might argue that this is a case in which there are circumstances obtaining, such that if I knew them, I would recognize that I'm not in a position to judge. So on McDowell's account, the fact that I'mnot seeing that the square is red means that my original true judgment isn't warranted or knowledgeable. But what I want to say about this case is analogous to what McDowell might say about the judgment this is a barn made while standing in front of the only real barn in barn facade country. And that's why I see that it is red when I am seeing it is the proper articulation of both my reason and my warrant for the judgment.
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