PHIL 100W Lecture Notes - If And Only If

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 100W
• Professor: Dc Mc

Document Summary

Nozick: he denies the closure of knowledge under (known) deduction unduly restriction. Nozick"s analysis: p is true, s believes that p, ~p -> ~(s believes p, p -> s believes p. Under nozick, i can know neither that i am a biv not that i am not a. S is justified in believing p iff s"s own evidence supports the belief and s can tell that it does. Nozick is an externalist (insofar as he considers justification) S is justified in believing p iff s can track the truth of p, whether or not s is aware of that ability. He wants to build his set of beliefs upon firm foundations. That it seems to me this evidence isn"t good enough for descartes.