Another problem with the term ‘statement’ is that not every statement encodes *knowledge*. Only some statementsdo.↵ ↵ Recall Deutsch’s definitions of knowledge (paraphrasing from memory): information with causal power; information which, once instantiated, causes itself to remain instantiated.↵ ↵ The sentence ‘nice weather we’re having’ is a statement but doesn’t meet those definitionsdo.↵ ↵ For example, trivial or tautological statements aren’t knowledge, neither in the Popperian nor common sense ofknowledge.the word.
Another problem with the term ‘statement’ is that not every statement encodes knowledge. Only some statements do.
For example, trivial or tautological statements aren’t knowledge, neither in the Popperian nor common sense of the word.