Notes to Introduce Epistemology
... The mind is a tabula rasa (“blank tablet”) before the input of experience. ...
... The mind is a tabula rasa (“blank tablet”) before the input of experience. ...
Some basic terminology
... something? How is this different from simply believing something that happens to be true? How do we (how ought we) justify our beliefs? What kinds of reasons should we accept for believing that something is true? What kinds of things can we have knowledge of or about? In this course, epistemology ta ...
... something? How is this different from simply believing something that happens to be true? How do we (how ought we) justify our beliefs? What kinds of reasons should we accept for believing that something is true? What kinds of things can we have knowledge of or about? In this course, epistemology ta ...
Seeking Truth
... “He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinio ...
... “He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinio ...
Belief, Truth, Knowledge notes
... _________________ = Properly Justified True Belief • You cannot know something unless you truly believe it. • Belief alone isn’t ___________________ for knowledge - you can’t believe something that is false either. ...
... _________________ = Properly Justified True Belief • You cannot know something unless you truly believe it. • Belief alone isn’t ___________________ for knowledge - you can’t believe something that is false either. ...
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... 9. Do ethical judgments have cognitive content? What do you take to be the best argument for? What do you take to be the best argument against? 10. Describe the position known in contemporary ethical theory as “particularism”? What do you take to be the best arguments for it? What have critics charg ...
... 9. Do ethical judgments have cognitive content? What do you take to be the best argument for? What do you take to be the best argument against? 10. Describe the position known in contemporary ethical theory as “particularism”? What do you take to be the best arguments for it? What have critics charg ...
What is Philosophy?
... Pythagoras (ca. 530 BCE) was the first to call himself a philosopher. Three classes of people at the games: Athletes- skilled seekers of fame; merchants- shrewd seekers of wealth; spectators- contemplative seekers of truth. For Pythagoras, rational reflection on abstract mathematical concepts purifi ...
... Pythagoras (ca. 530 BCE) was the first to call himself a philosopher. Three classes of people at the games: Athletes- skilled seekers of fame; merchants- shrewd seekers of wealth; spectators- contemplative seekers of truth. For Pythagoras, rational reflection on abstract mathematical concepts purifi ...
HOW TO WRITE A CRAP PHILOSOPHY ESSAY: A BRIEF GUIDE
... “logical” to mean plausible or true. Use “infer” when you mean “imply”. Never use the expression “begging the question” with its correct meaning but use it incorrectly as often as possible. “Argument” is perhaps the most important word in philosophy. So why not impress the marker by spelling it with ...
... “logical” to mean plausible or true. Use “infer” when you mean “imply”. Never use the expression “begging the question” with its correct meaning but use it incorrectly as often as possible. “Argument” is perhaps the most important word in philosophy. So why not impress the marker by spelling it with ...
How to be a Crap Student
... “logical” to mean plausible or true. Use “infer” when you mean “imply”. Never use the expression “begging the question” with its correct meaning but use it incorrectly as often as possible. “Argument” is perhaps the most important word in philosophy. So why not impress the marker by spelling it with ...
... “logical” to mean plausible or true. Use “infer” when you mean “imply”. Never use the expression “begging the question” with its correct meaning but use it incorrectly as often as possible. “Argument” is perhaps the most important word in philosophy. So why not impress the marker by spelling it with ...
sonia_gst113x_chapter_2YY_1
... The nature of philosophy Thales, Anaximader, and Anaximenes .Prior to the first set of philosophers there were no doubt, some set of explanations but these explanations were mythical mysterious, or religious in nature. The milesian philosophers departed radically from the kind of explanations that p ...
... The nature of philosophy Thales, Anaximader, and Anaximenes .Prior to the first set of philosophers there were no doubt, some set of explanations but these explanations were mythical mysterious, or religious in nature. The milesian philosophers departed radically from the kind of explanations that p ...