tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post4198617527471533424..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Knowledge and scepticismAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-52772727689034420682016-07-16T07:52:28.905-05:002016-07-16T07:52:28.905-05:00I always find that it is not "whether we can ...I always find that it is not "whether we can be reasonable in believing things about the external world" but how we can be *more so* that drives inquiries into that world,... Perhaps that is why virtue epistemology, social epistemology, and other similar areas have been more appealing than say the internalize/externalism debates in knowledge, justification, etc. Something like contextualism might be true,... But it feels like mental paper shuffling of a less useful kind than philosophical considerations of how expertise functions, how humility about our initial comprehension of claims makes us better learners, etc.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623984374413565577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-16410024683430629152016-07-13T09:56:43.539-05:002016-07-13T09:56:43.539-05:00Pruss: It might undercut the claim that we are *ep...Pruss: It might undercut the claim that we are *epistemically* rational in being confident in ordinary empirical beliefs. But it does not undercut the claim that we are *practically* rational in being confident in ordinary empirical beliefs. And being practically rational is the most important.Emanuel Ruttenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094736689000363856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-19217889179136892062016-06-29T15:39:14.390-05:002016-06-29T15:39:14.390-05:00Pruss: If "knowing" means to have ration...Pruss: If "knowing" means to have rationally warranted, true belief, then isn't "being rational in believing X about the world" the same thing as "properly claiming knowledge about X about the world"?Michael Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279261871735286117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-66278626645804772122016-06-29T11:28:40.104-05:002016-06-29T11:28:40.104-05:00There are quite a few epistemologists who agree wi...There are quite a few epistemologists who agree with what you say in this post, although there is a knowledge-centric bias in contemporary epistemology for sure.Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291317754947979009noreply@blogger.com