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Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 4 facts
claimG. E. Moore argued that an argument succeeds only to the extent that its premises are more plausible than its conclusion.
claimG. E. Moore argued that an argument succeeds only to the extent that its premises are more plausible than its conclusion, suggesting that if the denial of a conclusion is more plausible than the premises, one can turn the argument on its head.
claimG. E. Moore proposed that if the denial of an argument's conclusion is more plausible than the argument's premises, one can invert the argument to support the denial of the conclusion.
procedureSkeptics use a two-step argument to challenge knowledge: first, they identify a proposition the subject admits they do not know; second, they argue that because the subject does not know that second proposition, they cannot know the first proposition.
Virtue epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimMassimo Pigliucci applies virtue epistemology to critical thinking, suggesting that a virtuous individual should practice non-dismissive consideration of arguments, charitable interpretation of opposing arguments, awareness of one's own presuppositions, consultation of expert knowledge, verification of source material reliability, and prioritizing knowledge over repeating others' opinions.
Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimThe inferentialist view of testimony sees testimonially-based belief as the acceptance of an argument where a person (S) concludes that a proposition (p) is true because a testifier (T) is telling them (p), and T or people like T have generally been reliable in the past.
7.1 What Epistemology Studies - Introduction to Philosophy | OpenStax openstax.org Jun 15, 2022 1 fact
claimPhilosophers use tools such as arguments, conceptual analysis, counterexamples, and research to conduct epistemological investigations.
Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
perspectiveSkepticism requires support by an argument to be considered an important philosophical position, rather than just a challenge to knowledge claims.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimThe epistemology of logic examines how people know that an argument is valid, including how logicians justify rules of inference like modus ponens or the falsity of contradictions.