Category Archives: Theory of Knowledge

Contact lenses Gettier cases aren’t so far fetched after all

By Andrew Cullison | February 3, 2012

Virtual Reality Contact Lenses Could Be Available by 2014
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=virtual-reality-contact-l
So, it turns that Gettier case I discussed using contact lenses that played a video image isn’t so far fetched after all.

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Why study Philosophy?

By come7254 | February 2, 2012

No really, why study philosophy? I’ve asked many philosophy lovers this question and have yet to receive an answer that satisfies my curiosity.
Some back-story: I am a senior non-philosophy major currently taking two philosophy classes, which was not my first choice. The last philosophy class I took was in 2008 as a first semester freshmen [...]

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Gettier and the Manifest Failure according to the Book of John Turri

By Wayne Ceallaigh (Barone) | January 30, 2012

We were talking about the Gettier problem, where a ‘double luck’ scenario might happen. Our professor illustrated a good scenario, and it looks like this (though this is not word for word his scenario, just his idea): Linda, a girlfriend of professor Cullison invited him to lunch at the East Side Grill, he [...]

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Welcome

By Andrew Cullison | January 17, 2012

This is the course homepage and blog for all of my classes. You can read more about my rationale for using this blog platform here.
Click here to get started with the site.

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