tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post7999278686858346524..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Probabilistic reasoning and disjunctive Gettier casesAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-22722017864895712932021-01-18T12:39:30.708-06:002021-01-18T12:39:30.708-06:00I think these Gettier problems arise from the mist...I think these Gettier problems arise from the mistaken assumption that knowledge is "belief + truth + something else". And, I think we only make that assumption because, in cases that fail to be knowledge, we often end up with either "I justifiably believed X, but it turned out not to be true, so I 'just believed' it and didn't actually 'know' it"... or something like "I believed it, and it was true, but I had no basis for believing it, so I certainly couldn't be said to 'know' it".... <br /><br />But, just because there is an opportunity for knowing, and lacking something can make it the case that I "merely believed" instead of knowing, that doesn't mean that knowledge just is belief + the something that was missing. They could be quite different things altogether, and we simply do the one when we fail to have the other. Besdies, when we consider cases of "know-how" or "know-when", which are exhibited in many non-rational animals, it seems rather strange to think that they have justified, true beliefs about the matter (say, when a Cheetah knows how to ambush prey).<br /><br />At any rate, if what we want is "true belief that is warranted/justified", then I do agree that probabilities should play a role. Michael Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279261871735286117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-37227332710534519072021-01-15T14:34:56.459-06:002021-01-15T14:34:56.459-06:00Wow! That's really detailed.Wow! That's really detailed.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-91756547181176168962021-01-15T10:09:44.271-06:002021-01-15T10:09:44.271-06:00Hey Alex!
I just made a lecture video explaining ...Hey Alex!<br /><br />I just made a lecture video explaining your entry in the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology. I think you'll *love* it! :)<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuSxB2JNseYMajesty of Reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927395568264957916noreply@blogger.com