What reason doe the hypothetical skeptic give for concluding that we are not justified in forming our ordinary external world beliefs?

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Lecture 1
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Lecture 2
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Lecture 3
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The Broad Outline
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After watching the recorded lecture about this reading:
What term is the term “episteme” contrasted with?
What does that term mean?
The prefix “episteme” is the [________} Greek word for “[___________]” or “[______________]”).
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION: Today, in Analytic Western philosophy, the term “epistemology” refers to:
Knowledge of propositions
Knowledge of how to do something
Knowledge of someone, some place, or some thing.
True or False: “Rationalists” believe the most reliable knowledge is empirical.
With respect to the relationship between the terms “knowledge” and “confidence”:
the term “knowledge” has always referred to some degree of [_____________] that one has that a proposition is true, a degree that is always higher than the confidence level that mere “belief” points to.
True or False: Professor Tircuit indicated that the confidence level of someone who believes that the earth is flat, or a disc, is the same kinds of justified confidence of someone who believes that the earth revolves around the sun? Explain.
True or False: “Absolute” or “Certainty” level confidence in the truth of a proposition is when one has a little doubt.
Epistemic Weight
The extent or degree to which one has knowledge or justification, determines the “epistemic [________________]” of their claims or beliefs.
“Making Sense of Skepticism”,
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Richard Feldman and Earl Conee, PP. 280-283 [4 PP.]; 295-296 [2 PP.] (Handout) (6 pp.)
After watching the recorded lecture about this reading:
Who or what is the “hypothetical skeptic”?
What reason doe the hypothetical skeptic give for concluding that we are not justified in forming our ordinary external world beliefs?
True or False: The hypothetical skeptic also attacks our internal world beliefs as being unjustified. Explain.
What does the reading mean when it says that one’s belief could be in error while we have the same basis for belief?
In the lecture what did I describe a Homunculus as in relation to the Introspective Indistinguishability argument and the fetus fields scene in The Matrix?
What are the names of the four arguments designed to represent the main classic defenses of external world skepticism?
What are the names of the Non-Evidentialist Theories? Then briefly explain each.
Under the section “Knowledge-Level Justification”, and according to the “criminal” standard talked about therein, what three conditions must be met in order for a belief to be epistemically justified sufficiently for knowledge?
Can a false belief satisfy the evidentialist justification standard for knowledge? Explain.
“Is Justified True Belief Knowledge”
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, Edmund Gettier PP. 1-4 (Handout) (4 pp.)
After watching the recorded lecture about this reading:
Which three philosophers does Gettier mention? Answer with their full names.
What are the names of the main characters in Gettier’s Case I?
What are the names of the main characters in Gettier’s Case II?
Yes or No. Why? According to Gettier, in both cases one and two did Smith count as having had knowledge?
Yes or No. Why? According to Connee and Feldmon, in both cases one and two did Smith count as having had knowledge?
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