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rikes

['Member']Joined: September 20, 2019 at 15:55Last active: March 05, 2020 at 16:251 discussions5 comments

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In: What can we know for sure?  — view comment
I believe the point of JTB is not to arrive at certainty, but merely to filter out bad or unreasonable beliefs. Even if the justification criterion we...
March 05, 2020 at 16:27
In: What can we know for sure?  — view comment
The traditional JTB definition cannot guarantee knowledge, only reasonably true knowledge. Just because you’re justified in believing something doesn’...
March 03, 2020 at 12:25
In: What can we know for sure?  — view comment
That’s what certainty is: If there is no way you could be mistaken about your belief, then that belief is certainly true, e.g. ”I think, therefore I a...
March 03, 2020 at 09:23
In: What can we know for sure?  — view comment
I’m not saying that it is an absolute truth. What I’m saying is that right now there is no possibility that the belief is false. Being a thinking thin...
March 02, 2020 at 13:19
In: What can we know for sure?  — view comment
Yes. I’d say you don’t have true knowledge unless there’s absolutely no way for that belief to be false.
March 01, 2020 at 10:29
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