Which best describes "tripartite definition of knowledge"?

knowledge is a justified true belief

reasoning cannot be based on false premises

agents must use a reliable method of justification

Which best describes "no false lemmas"?

reasoning cannot be based on false premises

knowledge is a justified true belief

agents must use a reliable method of justification

Which best describes "reliabilism"?

agents must use a reliable method of justification

knowledge is a justified true belief

reasoning cannot be based on false premises

Which best describes "infallibilism"?

beliefs must be infallible to be knowledge

reasoning cannot be based on false premises

agents must use a reliable method of justification

Which best describes "virtue epistemology"?

the agent must be a person who is skilled in finding knowledge

beliefs must be sensitive to the truth

Which best describes "infallibilism"?

beliefs must be infallible to be knowledge

reasoning cannot be based on false premises

What is "Empiricism"?

we aquire knowledge via experience

we are born knowing some things

we aquire knowledge via reasoning

we are born knowing some things

we aquire knowledge via experience

we aquire knowledge via reasoning

What is "Rationalism"?

we aquire knowledge via reasoning

we aquire knowledge via experience

we are born knowing some things

"Tripartite theory of knowledge" is made up of…

Justification, Truth and Belief (JTB)

Justification, Trial and Balance (JTB)

Justification, Track and Bring (JTB)

What was Gettier's main argument AGAINST the "Tripartite theory of knowledge"

Justification, Truth and Belief could all be achieved through luck - this does not mean it is knowledge.

A person only has knowledge if it's justifiable (have good reasons), true (no such thing as false knowledge) and they believe in it

What was Plato's main argument FOR the "Tripartite theory of knowledge"

A person only has knowledge if it's justifiable (have good reasons), true (no such thing as false knowledge) and they believe in it

Justification, Truth and Belief could all be achieved through luck - this does not mean it is knowledge.

What does "No False Lemmas" mean?

A belief is not knowledge if it is based on false premises

A belief is knowledge if it is Justified, True and Believed. (JTB)

What does "Infallibilism" mean?

JTB is not sufficient for knowledge - merely believing in something doesn't make it true

A belief is knowledge if it is taken on faith

A belief is knowledge if it is justified

Which fits: If something is infallible, it cannot be wrong - not just that the individual feels certain, the proposition itself has to be certain.

tripartite definition of knowledge

What was Gettier's examples used to argue about "no false lemmas"?

Job Interview (Smith and Jones) and Brown in Barcelona

What was Plato's example used to demonstrate our experience of the realm of the forms?

Job Interview (Smith and Jones)

Senses, Sources, Memory and Inference are examples of…

possible ways to determine if a belief is reliable (Reliabilism)

This is the main critisism of "Reliabilism"

Reliability is highly subjective and therefore debatable. E.g. someone might think information on the news is a reliable source and someone else might think the news is bias

Other than maths and analytic truths, there are very few substantive propositions which we can know for sure

This is the main critisism of "infallibilism"

Other than maths and analytic truths, there are very few substantive propositions which we can know for sure

Reliability is highly subjective and therefore debatable. E.g. someone might think information on the news is a reliable source and someone else might think the news is bias

What is "virtue epistemology"?

Looking at the person themselves when justifying a belief. E.g. we would give more credit to a scientist when discussing climate change over a politician.

JTB is not sufficient for knowledge - merely believing in something doesn't make it true

Epistemology 1 - What is Knowledge?

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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

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Which belief statement represents Empiricism?

Truth is discovered with the mind

Truth is perceived with the senses

Truth is unknowable

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What is knowledge of things as they really exist?

Objective truth

Subjective truth

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

Objective truth

Subjective truth

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Who wrote "The Allegory of the Cave"?

Plato

Descartes

Hume

Kant

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Who claimed, "I think, therefore I am"?

Plato

Descartes

Hume

Kant

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What are impressions?

Sense experiences, emotions

Thoughts

Imagination

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50 questions

What is epistemology?

Which belief statement represents Empiricism?

What is knowledge of things as they really exist?

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

Who wrote "The Allegory of the Cave"?

Who claimed, "I think, therefore I am"?

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