[ToDo] [PHI 313] Theory of Knowledge

Dated Sep 1, 2017; last modified on Sun, 07 Nov 2021

PHI 313: Theory of Knowledge, Fall 2017

Notes

Reasons for Belief

Mapping setup/warmup

Practical reasons for belief

Belief at will

Epistemic demands of friendship

The Problem of Disagreement

Steadfast views and conciliatory views

Group disagreement and the problem of spinelessness

Prpblem of contigency

Moral debunking

Reasonable disagreemnt and the uniqueness thesis

Skepticism

Skepticism about the external world

The problem and new riddle of induction

Anthropic Reasoning

The simulation argument

Are you living in a computer simulation?

The mysteries of self-locating belief and anthropic reasoning