Epistemic absolutism holds that knowledge-that is ungradable, while epistemic gradualism argues the opposite. This paper purports to remodel the gradualism/absolutism debate. The current model initiated by Stephen Hetherington fails to capture the genuine divergence between the two views, which makes the debate equivocal, and the gradualist side lacks appeal. I propose that the remodeled debate should focus on whether knowledge-that is a ‘threshold concept’ or a ‘spectrum concept’. That is, whether there is a threshold distinguishing knowledge from non-knowledge. The reconstructed model enjoys significant advantages as it enables the debate to be more balanced and philosophically interesting.

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认知渐进主义与认知绝对主义

认知绝对主义认为知识是不可分级的，而认知渐进主义则相反。本文旨在重塑渐进主义/绝对主义辩论。斯蒂芬·赫瑟林顿 (Stephen Hetherington) 提出的当前模式未能捕捉到两种观点之间的真正分歧，这使得辩论模棱两可，渐进主义一方缺乏吸引力。我建议改造后的辩论应该关注知识是“阈值概念”还是“频谱概念”。即是否存在区分知识与非知识的阈值。重构模型具有显着优势，因为它使辩论更加平衡和哲学上有趣。