Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pamela Detector, If And Only If
28 Dec 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Phil lecture #14: gettier cases and the causal theory of knowledge. The starting point: knowledge as justified true belief. S is justified in believing that p and: 3. P is true: to say if someone knows something, they have reasons to believe/know it. Gettier cases: smith and jones have applied for the same job. Jones is the man who will get the job, and jones has ten coins in his pockets: whi(cid:272)h e(cid:374)tails , 2. The man who will get the job has ten coins in his pocket: which smith therefore accepts, but smith gets the job, and, unbeknownst to him, he had ten coins in his pocket. The man who will get the job has ten coins in his pocket: was t(cid:396)ue. A(cid:374)d as (cid:449)e"(cid:448)e see(cid:374), s(cid:373)ith (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed it, a(cid:374)d (cid:449)as justified i(cid:374) believing it: but it does(cid:374)"t see(cid:373) (cid:396)ight to sa(cid:455) he k(cid:374)e(cid:449) it. O k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge is(cid:374)"t o(cid:396) is(cid:374)"t merely justified true belief.
