ToKCast cover image

Ep 20: Ch 10, Part 1 "A Dream of Socrates"

ToKCast

00:00

Knowledge Isn't Justified Belief

knowledge isn't about beliefs, which is a private going on inside of your mind. We're right to say we know a thing when we have an explanation for it. It need not be true or believed. In fact, my favourite example of this is just a any old scientific theory, which is none the less useful. And my favourte of those is, of course, newton's theory of gravity, or newton's law of gravity, as it's usually called. So there we have a criticism of the j t b, justified true belief, version of knowledge.

Play episode from 08:19
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app