Externalism – POSTULAT

Externalism argues that the conscious mind is not only the result of what is going on inside the brain. So, the mind depends on external factors. For externalists, it is possible to have a justified belief even if there is no reason. There are certain beliefs that are basic, but it is not necessary that the cognizer possesses justification. In this case, externalists constitute some kind of foundationalism, but it is a modest version of strong foundationalism.

July 15, 2019

Goldman’s justified belief

Goldman is an externalist and a foundationalist who thinks that it is possible to have justified belief even if there is not reason to believe that it is true. If it is a matter of fact that our visual perception is reliable, then our beliefs might be justified. Visual perception is reliable when conditions are […]

July 1, 2019

Nozick’s tracking account of knowledge

Robert Nozick states that in order to know we need to satisfy the following four conditions: S knows that p iff p is true, S believes that p, If it weren’t that case that p, then S wouldn’t believe that p, If it were the case that p then S would believe that p. This […]

May 14, 2019

Goldman and Dretske on knowledge

Alvin Goldman makes another hypothesis to the traditional account of knowledge for the fact that Smith cannot be said to know P. What makes P true is the fact that Brown is in Barcelona, but this fact has nothing to do with Smith’s believing P. That is, there is no causal connection between the fact […]