“But you don't know that you know that!”
Fast: “We need to keep in mind that "I know that I know" is ambiguous between 1) I am certain and 2) I have knowledge that I know. The latter…
Induction, deduction and the lack of justification
It has been thought for many years (especially since Hume's first Enquiry1) that induction lacks a justification. This justification for induction, it has been thought for long, is necessarily if…
Human rationality
Induction and deduction are foundational to human rationality because it is impossible for a human to stop using them. Indeed what it means to be humanly rational is that one…
Definition of 'a probability'
A probability is something that is more than a mere logical possibility. I also think that it is stronger than a mere physical possibility (I'm a regularity theorist). Here's one…
The recent controversy about Hume's Maxim against justified belief in miracles
Contrary to what I normally do I'm not going to argue anything in this article. My goal is to spread useful information, mostly in form of links about Hume's maxim.…
Two kinds of certainty
A quick explanation of two types of certainty that people tend to confuse. The first is the one we typically mean in natural language. It's called psychological certainty. It's a…
JTB+ and the first person perspective
Emil Kirkegaard I have already expanded a bit on certain problematic aspects of the JTB+ theory. In this essay I will expand on a certain methodological feature: If you're "looking"…
A quick argument for the principle of simplicity
Suppose there is a world where there are facts F1, F2, F3, ... Fn that need to be explained. Suppose further that someone advances an infinite amount of theories that…
Knowledge as a kind of belief… maybe
I was just discussing this over at FreeRatio.org. I made the claim, which seemed intuitively true to me, that knowledge (JTB+) is a kind of belief. This caused some controversy.…
Quote: Pyrrhonisme
Tammuz: "Do you think that Pyrrhonian skepticism is warranted?" Antiplastic: "I doubt it." Source.