Top answers

Briefly outline the tripartite view of knowledge and explain how a case of a lucky true belief (a Gettier-style problem) can be used to argue against this view.

On a tripartite theory of knowledge, having propositional knowledge consists in having a justified, true belief that a certain proposition obtains. For example, to know that it will rain tomorrow consists, o...
MO
Answered by Mark O. • Philosophy tutor
15707 Views

What is the significance of using 'if and only if' in Philosophy instead of simply 'if'?

Often in Philosophy (and Maths) we may come across the phrase 'if and only if', regularly abbreviated as 'iff' and denoted by an arrow pointing in both directions. <-> Logicians refer to this as a bi-c...
AW
4226 Views

Outline and Explain Moore's Open Question Argument (9 marks)

G.E Moore's Open Question Argument functions as an objection towards naturalist moral realism (also referred to as "naturalism"), which is the belief that moral properties exist objectively within ...
AA
Answered by Ayaz A. • Philosophy tutor
21775 Views

Why, according to Hume, do we have to be skeptical when regarding the inference of general principles from evidence?

It seems evident to us that when we see a certain certain cause and effect occuring together that we can assume a causal connexion between them. We have seen multiple times that when a billard ball hits anot...
JA
Answered by Jona A. • Philosophy tutor
3917 Views

What is the justified true belief account of knowledge and what is Gettier's challenge to it?

The justified true belief (JTB) account of knowledge purports to give the necessary and sufficient conditions for an subject's having knowledge. Precisely, the account states that a subject S knows a proposi...
HS
Answered by Henry S. • Philosophy tutor
7411 Views