AS level Epistemology - Infallibilism - 'A' grade student
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Course
Unit 1 PHIL1 - An Introduction to Philosophy 1
Institution
AQA
Book
Virtues of the Mind
A thorough powerpoint outlining infallibilism in a clear and succinct manner, making use of primary literature, as well as outlining the flaws with infallibilism as a theory of knowledge.
Notes created by a top grade AS level philosophy student
Infallibilism
How does Infallibilism respond to Edmund Gettier and what is
problematic about infallibilism
, Infallibilism
• Lacewing defines Infallibilism as the position that:
‘a belief must be certain to be knowledge. If we can doubt a belief,
then it is not certain, and so it is not knowledge.’
• Knowledge is certain.
• In Descartes's First Meditation, he says, ‘I should withhold (assent)
from (propositions) that are *not completely certain and indubitab
• Whatever he could bring himself to doubt, he would doubt, unless
saw reason for not doubting it.
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