conditionals/propositions

Question 1

conditional

Answer 1

if x, then y

Question 2

counter example to conditional

Answer 2

if x, then not y

Question 3

give a counterexample to the following conditional: if a belief has some justification, then that belief is knowledge

Answer 3

• if a belief has some justification, then that belief is not knowledge
• under process reliabalism if a belief is formed through a process that someone thinks is reliable but actually isn’t, then it is probably not knowledge
• if a belief has some justification that actually is justification, but the person who is justified learned everything the opposite of what is actually true, then the belief is not knowledge because it is not true

Question 4

propositions

Answer 4

the kind of think that can be true or false. they can be definite.
- opinions, beliefs, and facts are propositions
- questions, commands, reactions are not propositions
- P is always a proposition on its own

Question 5

how many propositions are in this sentence: “A believes that their belief that p is justified”

Answer 5

• 3 propositions
• p
• A believes P
• A believes that their belief in P is justified