PPT-The Justified True Belief Theory of Knowledge

Todays objectives To be able to explain the Justified True Belief theory of knowledge To learn the meaning of the terms necessary and sufficient To begin to analyse whether the tripartite conditions for knowledge are individually necessary. “What Is” Questions. Philosophers are often concerned with “what is” questions: what is the mind? What is moral goodness? What is truth? What is beauty? What is knowledge?. Essences. Here we want to know the essence of these things. When we ask “What is . TOK. Lecture 4: The nature and value of truth. What is truth?. Like the questions “What is knowledge?” and “What turns a true belief into knowledge?” asked in lectures 2 & 3, the question “What is truth?” is a conceptual question.. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Justified true belief. ‘. I know that . p. ’:. The . proposition ‘. p’. . is true;. I believe that . p. ; and. My belief that . p. is justified. TOK. Lecture. 3: . The nature of epistemic justification. The tripartite analysis of knowledge. In the last lecture we drew the tentative conclusion that knowledge is:. True. Justified. Belief. In this lecture we will investigate the justification condition.. The Primary Value Problem. T. he Meno Problem: In Plato’s Meno Socrates ask the following question:. “Why is knowledge more valuable than mere true belief?”. T. he practical answer is that knowledge is of practical value, but mere true belief is not. . Today’s objectives:. To be able to explain the Justified True Belief theory of knowledge.. To learn the meaning of the terms ‘necessary’ and ‘sufficient’.. To begin to analyse whether the tripartite conditions for knowledge are individually necessary.. Having . four sides is . _________ for . being a square. .. Being a square is . __________ for . having four sides. .. Having three straight sides is ___________ for being a triangle.. Necessary and sufficient. ‘Information is acquired by being told, whereas knowledge can be acquired by thinking.’ . Fritz . Machlup. , 1902-83. Knowledge as justified true belief. Truth. Belief. Is independent of.... Geocentric model. Argument. The Tripartite Analysis. : S knows that P . iff. S has a justified true belief that P.. The . Fallabilist. Reply. : Knowledge is justified true belief and justification does not require certainty, so knowledge doesn’t require certainty either. ‘Information is acquired by being told, whereas knowledge can be acquired by thinking.’ . Fritz . Machlup. , 1902-83. Knowledge as justified true belief. Truth. Belief. Is independent of.... Geocentric model. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Justified true belief. ‘. I know that . p. ’:. The . proposition ‘. p’. . is true;. I believe that . p. ; and. My belief that . p. is justified. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. © Michael Lacewing . Justified true belief. ‘. I know that . p. ’:. The . proposition ‘. p’. . is true;. I believe that . p. ; and. My belief that . of Management . and. . Organization. Emanuel Rutten. e.rutten. @. vu.nl. Literature. . and. Schedule. Literature. . Louis P. . Pojman. , . What. . can. we . know. ? An . introduction. to the . Epistemology is the philosophical field in which one studies knowledge, understanding, wisdom, justification, the ethics of belief, and various domains of knowledge, such as moral, modal, mathematical, self, and external world knowledge. .