Epistemology

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 empiricism?

• Truth is discovered with the mind

• Truth is perceived with the senses

• Truth is unknowable

• Truth changes from person to person

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

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

• Plato
• Descartes
• Hume 
• Kant

What are Hume's impressions?

• Sensory data

• Thoughts

• Imagination

• Raw data

Doubting whether knowledge is possible is called:

• Skepticism

• Causality

• Rationalism

• Fallibilism

What is the knowledge that is built into the structure of our minds?

• A priori knowledge
• A posteriori knowledge
• Impressions
• Ideas

What is the knowledge we gain from experience?

• A priori knowledge
• A posteriori knowledge
• Impressions
• Ideas