SOC SCI H1G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Steven Pinker, Foundationalism

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOC SCI H1G
• Professor: S T A N F O R D, P.B A R R E T T, J.

Document Summary

Soccore section foundationalism: the idea that all knowledge is grounded on some foundation. Is hume a foundationalist? yes: empirical but still foundational, when he went looking for why his empirical beliefs were justified, he did it in a foundational way. What"s the difference between explaining and justifying a belief: explaining why someone does believe this, justifying why someone should believe this. Linda example: probability of linda being a bank teller is smaller than being a feminist bank teller. Wrong because probability of being a bank teller is higher because it is a bigger category gambler"s fallacy: belief that streaks exist instead of each win/loss being an isolated event.