PHLB20H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fallibilism, Analytic Philosophy, Earthbound
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Last time we looked at skepticism: we believe in false things, we make a lot of mistakes, people are untrustworthy, our sense are untrustworthy, there could be evil demons around us. The hands argument: conclusion: i dont know that i have hands, you can still have hands, valid. If i accept the premises, then i have to accept the conclusion a: the conclusion follows the premises, sound a. Its a valid argument and everything is true: the argument is valid. If i don"t know that i"m not dreaming, then i don"t know that i have hands. I don"t know that i not dreaming a. b: therefore, i don"t know that i have hands. In fallibilism: to know that p, there can"t be any chance that you"re wrong about p, fallibilism, you know that p, even if theres some chance that you"re wrong about it. Moore: 1873-1958, 20th century analytic philosophy, wrote in ethics, epistemology, metaphysics etc, common sense philosopher.
