[quote=PeteJ post_id=473029 time=1600952113 user_id=11479]
I'm not sure how one can have a sensible view of philosophy while believing that certain knowledge is impossible. You reject 'justified true belief'' as nothing like knowledge, which it obviously is not, but put nothing in its place. Why not?
What problems does your approach solve?
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Justified belief is the necessary and sufficient definition of knowledge for all intents and purposes. "Certain" is in a class of words that reference Actuality, the transcendent, which is by definition beyond access to us. Absolute certainty on anything would require stepping outside the situation to be certain they whole thing isn't an illusion, which is never possible. "Certain" Always means "certain enough", just like perfect always means perfect enough, and so forth. There is no other option. The transcendent truth cannot be known, there is only justified belief. Unjustified belief (aka faith) is the opposite of knowledge
All problems. That's the point.