Phil 100 1nd Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I. Epistemology cont’dOutline of Current Lecture II. Epistemology: The Thorny Problem of SkepticismCurrent Lecture(r) Jones will get the job and Jones has 10 coins in his pocket(p) The person who gets the job has 10 coins in his pocketSmith is the believerS believes P. S is justified in believing and P is true. However, S does not know if P is true.Two main philosophical responses to Gettier1. Find a problem with his examples (Try to show that S is NOT justified in believing P)2. Gettier is right and we need to come up with a better analysis of knowledgeNFRP= No False Reasons Principle- If S is justified in believing P on the basis of R, then R must be true- (one bad apple will ruin the whole bunch)The Thorny Problem of SkepticismRene Descartes’ Argument for Skepticism1. Nobody is justified in believing SH* is false2. If (1) then nobody is justified in believing anything about the external world3. Nobody is justified in believing anything about the external world (1), (2)4. If (3) then nobody ever knows anything about the external world5. Nobody ever knows anything about the external world (3), (4)*SH: The Skeptical Hypothesis- Despite how is seems to you, all of your beliefs about the external world are false for whatever reason (you are just dreaming everything, there is an evil These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.demon tricking you, you are really just a brain in a vat, you are wearing a virtual reality helmet and you don’t know it, you are really in the matrix and you don’t realize