PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Foundationalism, Cogito Ergo Sum
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Because (1) could be founded on a random lucky guess. True beliefs without evidence don"t count as knowledge. Believing truth for the wrong reasons (fancy talk from lawyer) is not knowledge. Argues that (1) (2) and (3) are not collectively sufficient for knowledge. Smith works in an office, has a generally reliable boss named jones. One day, jones comes into the office and says, mary will get the promotion . Smith believes: (a) mary will get the promotion. Smith also discovers that mary has 10 coins in her coat pocket. Smith infers that: (b) the person who will get the promotion has 10 coins in their coat pocket. Smith has justified true belief for proposition (b) It turns out that (b) is true, but it"s because smith will get the promotion and also happens to have 10 coins in his coat pocket. Smith has justified true proposition (b), but smith doesn"t know claim (b).
