PHILOS 2CT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Internalism And Externalism
4 Mar 2018
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If we are going to be justified in believing some proposition, we have to have good reason to believe that the proposition is true. This means that there must be an objective property about the claim and a subjective property about the believer that tracks the truth. If we also have good reason not to believe p" we: either suspend judgment, or go with the stronger reasons. **permitted justified true beliefs: there is good reason / evidence to support the truth of the claim, an the belief doesn"t extend beyond / surpass these reasons / evidences. Having sufficient justification for beliefs puts us in a privileged epistemic positon: our evidence is connected with the world / connects us with the world in the right sort of way (toolkit) Arriving at a justified true belief doesn"t just satisfy our desire for knowledge, it provides us with the means for acting on responsibly held beliefs.
