A growing number of epistemologists have endorsed the Ignorance Norm for Inquiry. Roughly, this norm says that one should not inquire into a question unless one is ignorant of its answer. I argue that, in addition to ignorance, proper inquiry requires a certain kind of knowledge. Roughly, one should not inquire into a question unless one knows it has a true answer. I call this the Knowledge Norm for Inquiry. Proper inquiry walks a fine line, holding knowledge that there is an answer in the left hand and ignorance of the answer in the right.

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探究的知识规范

越来越多的认识论者认可探究的无知规范。粗略地说，这一规范规定，除非不知道问题的答案，否则不应探究问题。我认为，除了无知之外，正确的探究还需要某种知识。粗略地说，除非知道问题有正确的答案，否则不应探究问题。我称之为探究知识规范。正确的探究是走得很好的，左手知道有答案，右手却对答案一无所知。