How do we know?

What is epistemology?

• The theory of knowledge
• The theory of right action and the greater good
• The study of the fundamental nature of reality
• The study of the meaning and nature of religion

Which belief statement represents Rationalism?

• Truth is discovered with the mind
• Truth is perceived with the senses
• Truth is felt with the heart
• Truth is unknowable

Which belief statement represents Empiricism?

• Truth is discovered with the mind
• Truth is perceived with the senses
• Truth is felt with the heart
• Truth is unknowable

Which belief statement represents Romanticism?

• Truth is discovered with the mind
• Truth is perceived with the senses
• Truth is felt with the heart
• Truth is unknowable

Which belief statement represents Post-Modernism?

• Truth is discovered with the mind

• Truth is perceived with the senses

• Truth is felt with the heart

• Truth is unknowable

What is knowledge of things as they really exist?

• Objective truth
• Subjective truth

What is knowledge based on a subject's perception or experience?

• Objective truth
• Subjective truth

Who wrote "The Allegory of the Cave"?

• Plato
• Descartes
• Hume 
• Kant

Plato is a ...

• Rationalist

• Empiricist

• Romantic

• Post-Modernist

Descartes is a ...

• Rationalist

• Empiricist

• Romantic

• Post-Modernist