PHIL 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Virtue Ethics, Habituation, Psychological Egoism
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You ought not to believe anything for which you don"t have sufficient evidence (dockins). Scientistic view of what we should believe. You are flawed/immoral if you believe something with insufficient evidence. Pascal believes sometimes if is right to have a belief without sufficient evidence (ex. Sometimes you must act regardless of evidence in order to benefit. A live hypothesis: is one which appeals as a real possibility to him to whom it is proposed . If you"re prepared to act on it, it is live . Women: saw as an issue of humanity (pharmacist should make an exception) Men: steal the drug; wrong to let wife die. Knowledge is not a question of confidence. Academic skepticism: claim not to have knowledge of anything. Aristotle believes that everything has a form/structure & to possess knowledge of an object, you must know its form. Aim of skepticism: achieve tranquility of mind. Not a skeptic: used skepticism to combat skepticism.
