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Post by Advice on Sept 21, 2023 2:54:17 GMT
Which of your beliefs are justified and which ones aren’t?
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Post by sophiamiller on Sept 26, 2023 18:45:40 GMT
Much of epistemology in the latter half of the 20th century was devoted to the question of justification. Questions about what knowledge is often boil down to questions about justification. When we wonder whether knowledge of the external world is possible, what we really question is whether we can ever be justified in accepting as true our beliefs about the external world. As previously discussed, determining whether a defeater for knowledge exists requires knowing what could undermine justification. I will start with two general points about justification. First, justification makes beliefs more likely to be true. When we think we are justified in believing something, we think we have reason to believe it is true. How justification does this and how to think about the reasons will be discussed below. Second, justification does not always guarantee truth. Justification makes beliefs more likely to be true.
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