PHL332H1 Lecture Notes - Foundationalism
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Externalist: rejects evidentialism, a combination of a reliablelist + foundationalist. Relativistic view: truth is a matter of fact, not of our mind. it changes over time. What is true is relative that is agreed upon in a certain society. Standard view: its not possible that i know ottawa is the capital but you don"t; but in relativistic view that it is possible for both claims to occur simultaneously. Contextualist, in order for you to know, you have to believe and has to believe the case, with some justification. What"s required in order to be justified, depends on the context. It"s relativistic in terms of the justification component but not in the knowledge component. Kk thesis: to know that p, it requires for someone to know that they know p. Ottawa is the capital of canada is true. The sentence is true just in case that it is a fact that ottawa is the capital of canada makes the sentence true.
