Comments on: Jason Stanley’s Bank Case Poll

By: Bob Barnard

Bob Barnard — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:14:24 +0000

I voted no. I guess I am relying on an imagined possible outcome where they go to the bank Sat. morning and it isn’t open. If I asserted ‘I know that it will rain tomorrow’ on the basis of my experiencing rain two weeks ago on the same day of the week, it would be pretty clear that the knowledge claim would be false. The case is really interesting since there is so much tacit information in play, but the general form of the justification claim fails by my lights.

By: S. Matthew Liao

S. Matthew Liao — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:48:23 +0000

So far, a total of 44 people have voted: 45% voted ‘Yes,’ 32% voted ‘No,’ and 23% voted ‘Not sure.’ It’d be quite interesting to learn why people voted the way they did.

By: S. Matthew Liao

S. Matthew Liao — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:06:56 +0000

That’s an excellent question, Jussi. Stanley doesn’t specify further, but based on his other cases and the general point he is trying to make, I think we can presume that the bank will in fact be open the next day.

By: Jussi Suikkanen

Jussi Suikkanen — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:08:16 +0000

Is that the story in whole? I know my intuitions would much depend on whether it is true that the bank is open the next day. If it is true, then at least it might be that she knows, but if it false then surely considerably less people, if anyone, would think that she knows.