PHLB20H3 Lecture 6: (Week 3) Notes
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Part i: alvin goldman discrimination and perceptual knowledge . The traditional analysis of knowledge does not ask an empirical or normative question (iii) s is justified in believing that p. In response to gettier"s little article, some philosophers started thinking more about the concept of justification. What is a justified belief: expressions of justification: S has reasons for believing that p. S has a mental state (the evidence) that makes her think that p is true. S has certain abilities with regard to the evidence: she can produce the evidence if she needs to, for instance is response to a question, like: why do you think that that is a barn over there? . A reasonable first gloss on this claim might look like: S has discharged her duties to investigate whether p is the case and has decided that p is the case. S has done everything reasonably in her power to be sure that p is true.
