Gettier problems aren't "corner cases" James they reveal the fundamental weakness of the correspondence view of truth as opposed to a pragmatic viewhttps://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1213989593080619008 …
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But you can find that in anything! Most of the things we "know" we only know accurately from a view of ten feet back, and if you zoom in close the links in the chain are just bullshit we take on faith
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The things we "know" are the things that *work*, that allow us to function in the world and do things we want to achieve goals we set for ourselves The idea that we do this by making a perfect little simulation in our heads that actually reflects external reality is a pipe dream
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