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Everyone is Agnostic
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RE: Everyone is Agnostic
Wikipedia Wrote:The definition of knowledge is a matter of ongoing debate among philosophers in the field of epistemology. The classical definition, described but not ultimately endorsed by Plato, specifies that a statement must meet three criteria in order to be considered knowledge: it must be justified, true, and believed. Some claim that these conditions are not sufficient, as Gettier case examples allegedly demonstrate. There are a number of alternatives proposed, including Robert Nozick's arguments for a requirement that knowledge 'tracks the truth' and Simon Blackburn's additional requirement that we do not want to say that those who meet any of these conditions 'through a defect, flaw, or failure' have knowledge. Richard Kirkham suggests that our definition of knowledge requires that the evidence for the belief necessitates its truth.

What are you using as your standard of "to know" ? The classical definition would have us forever concluding that we can know nothing about anything. Surely that bar is too high.
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Everyone is Agnostic - by z7z - June 25, 2016 at 10:25 pm
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by robvalue - June 25, 2016 at 11:16 pm
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Magilla - June 25, 2016 at 11:38 pm
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by hymnalysis - June 26, 2016 at 12:07 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Whateverist - June 26, 2016 at 12:09 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Minimalist - June 26, 2016 at 12:11 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Angrboda - June 26, 2016 at 12:19 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Redbeard The Pink - June 26, 2016 at 1:57 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by robvalue - June 26, 2016 at 2:02 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Ayen - June 26, 2016 at 2:07 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Redbeard The Pink - June 26, 2016 at 2:59 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Ayen - June 26, 2016 at 4:22 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Redbeard The Pink - June 26, 2016 at 6:04 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by brewer - June 26, 2016 at 9:27 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by robvalue - June 26, 2016 at 9:38 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by The Grand Nudger - June 26, 2016 at 9:43 am
RE: Everyone is Agnostic - by Whateverist - June 26, 2016 at 10:36 am

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