Savoir et croire

Abstract

Co Vet : « Savoir and croire » It is generally assumed that savoir « to know » and croire « to believe » belong to the same class of attitudinal predicates. In this article it is shown however that, from a syntactic point of view, their behaviour is quite different (for example, savoir can be in the scope of croire, but not vice versa). It is also shown that, when used « directly » (first person, present tense), croire serves to modify the truth value of the proposition, whereas savoir can be used to correct what the hearer thinks the speaker knows.