"Suddenly I had to think of him." Say a picture of him suddenly floated before me. Did I know it was a picture of him, N.? I did not tell myself it was. What did its being of him consist in, then? Perhaps what I later said or did.
To know something is to have a rule for interpreting some sensory data. — Harry Hindu
And so you do not see that as circular? — Banno
Does being justified require being argued for, or does it require being well-grounded by/within personal experience regardless of whether or not the thinking/believing creature is capable of offering subsequent explanation? — creativesoul
Does being justified require being argued for, or does it require being well-grounded by/within personal experience regardless of whether or not the thinking/believing creature is capable of offering subsequent explanation?
— creativesoul
There is no distinction here. We argue by referencing our empirically gained knowledge. I know the butler did it because I either saw him do it or I saw other evidence implicating him. — Hanover
A computer can identify a picture of you as Banno. It must be matching various criteria against something in its database. That's what I'm doing at some level. — Hanover
Then you're not addressing the hypothetical: — Hanover
That's right; but one approach will be to treat the hypothetical as part of a reductio. If it is the case that we agree he knows the picture is of N., and yet that this knowledge is unjustified, then so much for justified true belief. — Banno
It's too clumsy to condition every assertion we make. — Bitter Crank
I asked you which one was Jim and which one was Sally and why. — fdrake
What did its being of him consist in, then? Perhaps what I later said or did.
So knowing it is N. lies in my capacity, among other things, to show you the difference between Jim and N. — Banno
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