PHIL 1301 Lecture 16: March 23 2017 - Knowledge
30 Mar 2017
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Necessary condition if a is necessary for b, if a is not true b is not true. Sufficient condition if a is sufficient for b, if a is true then b is true. Different kinds of knowledge: factual (knowledge that", acquaintance ( knowing" someone or some place, ability (know how" to do some skill) What is the difference between knowledge and true/"correct" opinion? (plato"s meno) You must choose a guide to get you to larissa (a town) Guide a has a correct opinion/belief as to how to get to there, but he has never been there before. Guide b knows the way there and has been there before. Student: 1867? (is right, but doesn"t believe he is right, but he may just be lacking confidence, he could"ve said any other date: the justification condition: s knows p only if s belief in p is justified.
