What Is Knowledge?
Why is Knowledge Different from True Belief?
Octavia, Madison, et Mohamed
The problem: What is knowledge?
propositional
(verb: proposition) Something that is either true or false.
Example: “Rockies are in North America”
object
a technical term in modern philosophy often used in contrast to the term subject.
Has to have direct acquaintance.
Example: knowing the President
know-how
Know how to
Ex: Riding a bike.
Physicist vs. knowing simple effects
Belief & Truth?
The Two Requirements for Knowledge
Objective vs. Subjective
Fact (not subjective if it does not depend on someone’s mind)
Ex: Subjective fact is the description of what’s going on in someone’s mind.
True Belief Isn’t Sufficient For Knowledge
Just because YOU believe it, doesn’t mean it’s true.
Groundhog Day example: “Clyde knows how long winter will last just because he has a reason THINKING this…”
Justification
Justification
Theory of justification is a part of epistemology that attempts to understand the justification of propositions and beliefs. Epistemologists are concerned with various epistemic features of belief, which include the ideas of justification, warrant, rationality, and probability.
Evidence available (ex Sherlock Holmes)
Noninferential justification (headache example) belief?
Explain moral justification (believing) Moral justification is, simply put, a process whereby a person who is evaluating a morally questionable act attempts to make it seem right.
Answer:
Knowledge is different from true belief due to the fact that knowledge has more evidence and can 95% be proven wrong or right.
True belief is not always plausible, though it, at times, it can be proven right. Just because one believes it, does not mean it reigns true without evidence.
QUESTIONS?