PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Phenomenalism, Probabilism, Reliability Engineering
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Return to the island of knights and knaves puzzle. Carl is a knave, he lied about donna being a knight. Problem here is that for a complex idea, we might construct the idea from simpler (and less perfect) parts. We don"t have to trace this idea back to a single supreme being (descartes denied this: he thought out idea of infinity was prior and did not arise from negation) The cartesian circle: recall circular arguments where you assume what you"re trying to prove. Even if the memory answer is right, it requires that we are able to grasp the proof of god"s existence in as simple a thought as i think therefore i exist". Phenomenalism (life is composed entirely of conscious experience) The difficulty of defending descartes" foundationalism: the internal certifiabiltiy of. A principle that states that we know what we know. If we"re not sure that we know it, then it is dubitable and no longer knowledge.
