Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 30
Knowledge/Stroud: science and everyday life have the same standards for knowledge - True belief is still no knowledge.
Knowledge/Stroud thesis: we can know how things appear to us. - (Does not help against Descartes' skepticism).
>Skepticism/Stroud, >Skepticism/Descartes, >Appearance/Sellars, >Appearance, >Perception.
Descartes/Stroud: Descartes' skepticism, these are his "ideas". - Trying to get behind it, only leads to further representations.
>Representation, >René Descartes.
I 34
There is no "real knowledge" in contrast to knowledge.
>Knowledge, >Certainty.
I 61
Knowledge/Stroud: I cannot be described as someone who knows that John will not get hit by a meteorite. - But when John turns up it is right to say I knew he was coming.
>Assertibility.
I 76
Skepticism/knowledge/Stroud: deep problem: if we realize that our concept of knowledge or of truth leads us to skepticism, we feel that it is incorrect. - Depth: it is not just about knowledge, but about our practice and reflection.
>Self-knowledge, >Reflection,
>Practice, >Truth.
I 110
Skepticism/Detective Example/crime case/Stroud: shows that it is not about greater security. - (As with MooreVsHume) - There is no competing hypothesis. - Rather, it shows a lack (incomplete list). - No misuse of the word "knowledge".
>Evidence, >Moore's Hands, >Skepticism/Hume.
Skepticism: does not only consider documents (like the detective) but also questions reasons.
I 121
Wrong: Because I know that the butler was the perpetrator, I know that the list is complete. (analoge to Moore's hands).
I 239
Knowledge/belief/Stroud: difference: true belief can be random, then the fact of belief is not an explanation for knowledge, no theory of knowledge.
>Belief, >Causal theory of knowledge.