Epistemology: An Introduction | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #15

🔍 Overview: This episode with Professor Michael Huemer explores Epistemology, which simply means 'the theory of knowledge'; the hope is that you come away equipped for future conversations.

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🗣️ Highlights
[Highlight 1]: What is knowledge, can we even define it?
[Highlight 2]: What does it mean for a belief to be justified or defeated?
[Highlight 3]: What level of confidence should we have about how the world appears?

🕒 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
2:13 - Approaching Epistemology
5:44 - Knowledge vs Belief and Opinion
7:56 - Knowing vs Being Right
10:54 - Knowledge and Practical Implications
16:14 - Is Knowledge Static or Dynamic?
19:14 - False Beliefs and Knowledge
22:16 - A Priori and A Posteriori Knowledge
30:02 - Justified Beliefs
32:51 - Defeaters and The Defeasibility Theory
37:46 - Scepticism
41:34 - Theories of Truth (Correspondence and Coherence)
45:36 - Language and Concepts
52:44 - Direct Realism and Indirect Realism
58:55 - Hallucinations, Illusions and Confidence
1:08:39 - Foundationalism
1:15:58 - Closing Remarks

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Philosophy: An Introduction | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #7: https://youtu.be/KOg7KSs1Dlo
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