SSH 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: O. J. Simpson, Fallibilism, Scientific Progress

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Klaas Kraay

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Statements do have truth values but, (a) (b) we don"t know what most or all of them are. (in other words, we know a lot less than we think or nothing) Why hold this view? (a) dream hypothesis (b) evil genius hypothesis. Therefore, (3) all my beliefs lack justification (they do not count as knowledge). Requiring absolute certainty for a belief to count as knowledge seems to be asking too much. Pulling it all together (1) each of these views denies something about truth or knowledge (or both). Philosophical skepticism (2) all three views appear to be self-defeating if taken to be about everything. (3) in this course we will generally take for granted that: Statements/propositions in many subject areas have truth values. These are objective, not relative to individuals or societies. Two realist models of what makes a statement/proposition true.