PHI 3170 Lecture Notes - Critique Of Pure Reason, Naturalized Epistemology, How Do You Know
3 Dec 2013
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Readings: sept 5-12 - descartes and the epistemological tradition. Sept. 5, 2013: epistemology, scepticism & philosophy, varieties of scepticism. General: epistemic and metaphysical (leads to idealism) ex: dreaming, demons . Skeptics of aesthetics: descartes and centrality of epistemology. Possibility of error; knowledge of the physical world: kant"s critique of pure reason. Time was when metaphysics was entitled the queen of all sciences . The limits of our thoughts (legitimate speculations) good metaphysics vs. bad metaphysics) Critique of thought: dichotomy of inside and outside . Epistemology: the analysis and understanding of knowledge as a response to skepticism: normality vs. explanatory. Does not consider why people ought to believe beliefs should be justifiable. Naturalized epistemology: normative knowledge derived from empirical evidence: external and internal. Knowledge derived from the external: foundationalism vs. Foundationalism: the foundation of beliefs; the hierarchy of beliefs (indubitable dubitable) ex: descartes (indubitable a priori) i think, therefore i am (cogito ergo sum: the tripartite account and gettier"s counterexamples.
