PHL 187 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Foundationalism
29 Jan 2016
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Mithunaa visvalingam: outline the three conditions that make up the jtb theory of knowledge. Mark considered a lead pencil as his lucky pencil. By using his lucky pencil, mark gets a mark of over 85% on assignments and tests. For the past few tests, mark has received perfects on his tests. However, mark forgot his lucky pencil at home one day and had to do his test. Mark was very anxious, as he believed he wouldn"t receive a good mark. Hence, as the teacher gave his test mark, he received another perfect. Sober"s meaning of the philosophical term skepticism claims that there is some plausibility about what knowledge requires. Sober makes a conclusion that we don"t know anything and the beliefs we have depend on the testimony of our senses: outline the core idea of the foundationalist theory of knowledge. The idea of the foundationalist theory of knowledge is rene.
