think a compelling introduction to philosophy by simon blackburn

According to Pritchard, we are aided in achieving our goals in life by true beliefs. Why should we care about knowledge (and true beliefs)? There are different approaches to responding to this question. Let’s now look at the second question that was posed. This means that making a guess at something and coincidentally being right does not mean you have actual knowledge of it. It could be the case that they did actually know it was true, and it was, but Prithard tells us that you cannot gain knowledge completely by chance (Pritchard 6). Once it is determined that said proposition is, in fact, true, we must decide if the person actually knew or was subject to a lucky guess. When someone believes something, they believe it to be true, and it may or may not be. Does believing/thinking something make it true? Pritchard argues that it doesn’t. Therefore, we see that knowledge requires truth as well as belief. In order to have the type of knowledge in question, propositional knowledge, you are required to believe the appropriate proposition, which, in turn, must be true (Prithard 5). In it’s introduction, Blackburn tells us that obtaining the answers to these inquiries is a matter of reflection since we don’t exactly know how to begin determining their conclusions (Blackburn 2). The two opening chapters of What is This Thing Called Knowledge? by Duncan Pritchard address the following questions: What is knowledge? and Why should we care about it? These same general questions were asked by Simon Blackburn in his book, Think.

Think a compelling introduction to philosophy by simon blackburn