Phil Epist Key words

What does A Priori mean?

• Knowledge gained via the senses

• Knowledge that does not require the senses

• A proposition that could either be true or false

• A proposition which has to be true

What is meant by a necessary truth?

• Knowledge gained via the senses

• Knowledge that does not require the senses

• A proposition that could either be true or false

• A proposition which has to be true

Which of the following is the best definition of innatism

• Knowledge or concepts are in some way built into the structure of the mind

• We can have a priori knowledge that is also synthetic and enables understanding of the world

• Plato's argument in the Meno

• The mind is a tabula rasa at birth

What is meant by the term analytic statement?

• These are statements that may or may not be true

• Knowledge that is gained purely by experience

• Knowledge that is gained without senses

• A proposition that is true purely because of the meaning of the words

What is meant by the term synthetic statement?

• These are statements that may or may not be true

• A proposition that is true purely because of the meaning of the words

• A proposition which has to be true

• A statement that is true or false by virtue of how the word is

What is meant by the term a posteriori?

• Knowledge gained via the senses

• Knowledge that does not require the senses

• A proposition that could either be true or false

• A proposition which has to be true

What is meant by a contingent truth?

• Knowledge gained via the senses

• Knowledge that does not require the senses

• A proposition that could either be true or false

• A proposition which has to be true

What is the name for the idea that the mind contains nothing at birth?

• A Priori

• Tabula Rasa

• Innatism

• A Posteriori

How do empiricists think we gain knowledge?

• Sensation and Reflection

• Science and Maths

• Necessary and Contingent

• Innate ideas

What does the tripartite definition of knowledge aim to do?

• Give the necessary and contingent conditions of knowledge

• Respond to the Gettier cases

• Give the necessary and sufficient conditions of knowledge

• Give the 4 key points that sum up what knowledge is