Crash Course the Meaning of Knowledge

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What is an assertion?

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A linguistic act with a truth value.

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What is a proposition?

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The underlying meaning of an assertion.

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What is a propositional attitude?

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The mental state towards a proposition

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What is the traditional definition of knowledge?

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A justified, true belief

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What is justification?

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Evidence or support for a belief

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What is a Gettier case?

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A situation where justified true belief is not knowledge.

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What did Edmund Gettier challenge?

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The traditional definition of knowledge

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What is an example of first-person observation? Options: Reading a book, Watching a movie, Seeing a cat and identifying it as a cat, Hearing a story from a friend

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Seeing a cat and identifying it as a cat

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What is the truth value of an assertion about the future?

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Indeterminate

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What is the role of testimony in justification?

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It is a form of evidence from others