Theories of Knowledge
Tuesday, April 23

Study Guide handed out today!
First midterm Thursday 4/25 (after class)
Friday Lab Closed
Monday 4/29
Tuesday 4/30
Wednesday 5/1
1 hr. 20 mins. Ch.1-3 exclude pgs. 49-53
Thursday Start Ch.4


* Epistemology: theories of knowledge
(foundation of philosophy)

*sentence-linguistic
belief-mental
proposition-logical
sentences, statements,and beliefs express propositions (true or false, justified or unjustified).

*Truth according to the Correspondence Theory of Truth- Truth is what is, common sense theory of truth

Truth is completely independent of belief or majority.

*relativist- what might be true for me might not be true for you.

Truth=perception/belief

Self-referentially incoherent- solves skepticism problem

belief=knowledge

(1) Are relativists confused skeptics?
(2) Are relativists misguidedly trying to promote tolerance?
(3) Do relativists give up on objective truth(skepticism), but then embrace subjective truth?

*Skeptics- withhold judgement about appearances and you won't end up with false beliefs. Relativists- the appearances are true for you

*Coherence Theory of Truth- truth is true only in the greater truth

*Pragmatic Theory- what's useful is true and what's true is useful/
(+) having correct beliefs isn't most important
(-) person confuses truth and justification