Philosophy 2500F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Naturalized Epistemology
24 Mar 2016
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Traditionally it has been thought that philosophy must provide science with an epistemological foundation. If we are going to have any knowledge whatsoever, including scienti c knowledge, then we must be able to overcome skepticism. Overcoming skepticism is a philosophical task, not a scienti c one. The cartesian program: providing science with an indubitable foundation by means of a priori philosophical investigation. Rst philosophy: epistemology precedes and grounds science. The goal of philosophy has been to provide science with an epistemological foundation. But it has failed to accomplish this goal. In particular, it has failed to solve the problem of induction which threatens scienti c knowledge. Philosophy cannot justify scienti c knowledge, so it shouldn"t even try. We cannot provide can ultimate justi cation for out belief. But we can study the causes of our beliefs. However, this investigation should not be carried out by means of a priori re ection. Quine"s epistemology naturalized has two fundamental tenets.
