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Weeeeelll, yes and no. But mostly no. There has been a strand of 20 cent philosophy that has regarded justification as that which together with truth and belief yields knowledge - …

It's not like philosophy is interested in some special notion of 'justified' - philosphy tends to be interested in our ordinary notion of justification. We normally think that the …

The implicit assumption is: Vx [x thinks > x exists]. You also seem to think that Descartes needs to provide an accont of what it means to exist. Why think that? You speak English.…

In the example you yourself gave of 'I think therefore I am', the claim following 'therefore' is a conclusion, not a premise. So no, Descartes didn't start with the premise that he…

Well, meditations wouldn't be a bad place to start. And philosophers differ a lot in their views of teh significance of philosophy. I regard it as self-indulgent, but interesting t…

I wouldn't downvote anyone, but perhaps because it's a paradigm example of a particular strain of thought you see a lot amongst techie/engineering types with limited experience of …