Knowledge and arguments

What is the main claim of empiricism contra rationalism?

• All knowledge is innate
• All synthetic truths are a priori
• All knowledge of synthetic truths is acquired a posteriori
• All knowledge is a priori

According to empiricism, what type of knowledge is not considered innate?

• All Propositional knowledge

• Synthetic truths
• Analytic statements
• Contingent truths

What does Descartes' cogito argument attempt to prove?

• Synthetic truths through a posteriori means
• Innate knowledge of geometry
• The synthetic truth "I exist" using thought alone - a priori means

• Knowledge from empirical evidence

Which philosopher argued that humans have innate knowledge of geometry?

• Descartes
• Plato
• Socrates
• Aristotle

What is an example of knowledge that can only be acquired from experience of the external world?

• 1+1=2
• Water boils at 100°C
• Triangles have 3 sides
• A bachelor is an unmarried man

What is the opposite of a priori knowledge?

• Synthetic truth
• Analytic statement
• A posteriori knowledge
• Contingent truth

What is an analytic statement?

• A proposition true in virtue of the meaning of the words
• A proposition true in virtue of how the world is
• A proposition that must be true in all possible worlds
• Knowledge acquired from experience

What is a synthetic statement?

• A proposition true in virtue of the meaning of the words
• A proposition true in virtue of how the world is
• A proposition that must be true in all possible worlds
• Knowledge acquired without experience

What is an example of a contingent truth?

• 1+1=2
• It is impossible for both a and not a to be true
• Paris is the capital of France
• Triangles have 3 sides

What is a deductive argument?

• An argument where the premises support the conclusion but don’t logically guarantee it
• An argument where the premises are intended to logically guarantee the conclusion
• An argument that uses faulty reasoning
• An argument that is true in virtue of how the world is