PHL145H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Conservatism, Tacit Assumption
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Recall the verb to be can be used in one of two senses: a predicative sense ex. I don"t know if such a being exists. : a definitional sense ex. Belief is accurate insofar as it correctly represents the world. It is inaccurate insofar as it fails to represent the facts. Ottawa is the capital of canada (true) Toronto is the capital of canada (false) For us a belief is vague when it is unclear whether it is true or false, and unclear whether they are accurate or inaccurate. Beliefs can be reasonable in at least two ways: evidential support, conceptual support. Accuracy, reasonableness, and truth are all good making properties for beliefs. Better to be accurate than inaccurate, unreasonable, or false beliefs the text calls these virtues. All it means by this is some group of beliefs, denoted a set by listing the beliefs and using { , } .
