Quiz 2 Flashcards
Epistemology
Episte (know) so the study of knowledge
What does JTB stand for
J: Justified - evidence/reason
T: True - having false ideas isn’t knowledge
B: Believe - you have to believe it too
Edmund Gettier said…
Just bc you have JTB doesn’t mean you know
Rene Descartes
- Doubted all his knowledge
- not 100% certain can’t be knowledge
- “I think, therefore I am”
David Hume
“can we even know the sun will rise”
Fallibilism
We don’t need 100% certainty, just a high number of certainty and an absence of defeaters
A Claim is _____
arguable and an opinion
Defeaters
anything that would cause you to significantly doubt a belief
Justification
Evidence/ reasons why you’re actually right
Evidence
Further explains/validates why your justification is important
Counter - argument
anticipate what opponents might say
Rebuttal
preemptively answering objections
Valid vs Sound Conclusion
Valid - logical consistency + the conclusion follows the premise
Sound - valid + true
use definitions/ premises to logically argue for a necessary conclusion
deductive
If the premises are true, the conclusion must be true
deductive
To deny the conclusion you must deny at least one premise
deductive
Probabilistic and lists evidence
Inductive
Even if the evidence is good/true the conclusion doesn’t have to be
Inductive
