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| an ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge, and that the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason. |
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Based on epistemology
Meaning to investigate/inquire |
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| Wanted to defeat skepticism very badly (unlike pyrrhonians). |
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| Embrace skepticism as a way of life. |
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Skeptical about
1) cause and effect (does everything has a cause)
2) induction (we can't conclude future events based on past events) |
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| T or F: You can only be justified if your belief follows from hard evidence (as opposed to wishful thinking). |
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Reformed epistemology
Leader of Religious philosophy
Argued that (2) evidence exists/doesn't exist is generally correct and (1) that belief in god requires the right kind of evidence to be rational. |
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| What is the double standard arguement that alvin platinga argues? |
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| When faced with the question of whether other minds exist to be rational, we suffer the same problems that plague traditional theistic arguments. |
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| What is the alternate arguement by palinga? |
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| COMPLETELY REJECT 1 (i.e., belief in God is justified/rational without any inference to arguement or evidence. |
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We have a sense for God.
1) This is the second of the 2 paridy arguements
2) This doesn't tell us that our belief in God is true, only that we are justified in believing if it is true.
3) Provides a prima facie justification for rational belief in God. |
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| Demarcation problem: Overton |
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Distinguishing science from pseudo-science
a)guided by natural law?
b)explanatory by reference to natural law?
c)conclusions are tentative?
d) testable against empiracle world?
e)falsifiable? |
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