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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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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Nobody who wants epistemology to be clear cut, simple, and easy is to be trusted.
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Fuck, that is *LITERALLY* how our understanding of physics/geometry works! And why the stuff they teach in high school doesn't apply to non-planetary spacetime plane calculations!
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