jaredrbyer on Nov 11th, 2007Reliable Skepticism
I am writing this post so I can feel around with some ideas about the epistemological theories of Skepticism and Reliabilism. I will not pretend that I am bringing anything original or inspired to this discussion.
To catch everyone up really quick Skepticism in Epistemology generally refers to a view that we can not know [...]
jaredrbyer on Nov 10th, 2007The Problem of Math and the Law of Identity
This post will question whether Math is a properly basic belief. I have what I hold to be a reasonable argument so please hold with me dismissing the topic.
In epistemology there are a number of strong theories of knowledge. These range from saying that you can not know anything to saying [...]
jaredrbyer on Nov 3rd, 2007An introduction to Knowledge Theory
In our day to day lives we claim knowledge of many things. You know what horses raced last weekend, you know what horses are racing next weekend and sometimes you might even say you know which horse is going to win next weekend. Have you ever said you knew something and later [...]
jaredrbyer on Aug 20th, 2007The End of the Summer of Jared
Today I had my first class of the Fall semester, Epistemology. I have had this professor for three classes before so we know each other. To my surprise when I walked into the building I ran into a handful of people I knew. Usually my Fall on and winter off class schedule [...]

