SSH 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: False Premise, Hasty Generalization, Exclusive Or
10 Aug 2019
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To personalize reasons by treating them as if they belonged to someone. Epistemic reasons are universal if they are reasons for me to believe something, then they are equally reasons for anyone else to believe it. Whether a piece of evidence is sufficient or acceptable is an objective matter. Can obscure the fact that they are universal and objective. Allow emotions to get in the way of thinking critically. A mistake because we always need to have good reasons for our beliefs. The view that the facts in that area are in some way dependent on our beliefs about them. Might be the best attitude to take towards topics like what is humorous or what is tasty. To assume that evidence that we currently have is better than evidence that we might collect. A mistake because if we were to collect more evidence, we might discover some that overrides or undermines the evidence that we have.
