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Epistemology

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Epistemology? Click all that apply

a)

The study of reality

b)

The study of arguments

c)

The study of knowledge

d)

The study of truth

2.

A person who regards human reason as the principal source of all knowledge. (click all that apply)

a)

empiricist

b)

rationalist

c)

a posteriori

d)

a priori

3.

a person who supports the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. (click all that apply)

a)

a posteriori

b)

a priori

c)

empiricist

d)

rationalist

4.

__________ and ____________ are known to be rationalists and believed that reason is the primary source of knowledge.

a)

Descartes

b)

Locke

c)

Aristotle

d)

Plato

5.

__________ and __________ are known to be empiricists.

a)

Plato

b)

Locke

c)

Descartes

d)

Aristotle

6.

______ believes that consciousness is a mental activity that uses both reason and sense perception.

a)

Plato

b)

Locke

c)

Kant

d)

None of the above

7.

________ believed that both reason and the senses play an important role in acquiring knowledge.

a)

Aristotle

b)

Descartes

c)

Locke

d)

All of the above

8.

________ believed that the senses are the primary source of knowledge.

a)

Locke

b)

Plato

c)

Descartes

d)

None of the above

9.

At the bottom of the triangle. It is considered the least reliable, they can be uninformed. However, they are the most used and can't be T or F.

a)

opinion

b)

belief

c)

knowledge

10.

At the middle of the triangle. Considered the second-most reliable. They can be either T or F. For example, "I believe my car is parked on Main St."

a)

knowledge

b)

opinion

c)

belief

11.

At the top of the triangle. Is considered the most reliable. For example, "I know that a triangle has 3 sides."

a)

opinion

b)

knowledge

c)

belief

12.

According to _________, in order for something to be justified true belief: the statement must be true + you need to believe that it is true.

a)

Edmund Gettier

b)

Bertrand Russel

c)

Plato

13.

According to __________________ in order for something to be justified true belief: the statement must be true + you need to believe that it is true + you are justified in believing the statement is true.

a)

Edmund Gettier

b)

Bertrand Russell

c)

Plato

14.

According to _________________, in order for something to be justified true belief: the statement must be true + you need to believe that it is true + you are justified in believing the statement is true + Your justification does not depend on a false statement.

a)

Plato

b)

Edmund Gettier

c)

Bertrand Russel

15.

What is "The Gettier Problem?"

a)

individuals can have a justified, true belief regarding a claim but still fail to know it because the reasons for the belief, while justified, turn out to be false.

b)

the search for knowledge can be never-ending if we don't stop questioning whether our knowledge is based off of false statements/justifications.

c)

all of the above

16.

Knowledge that is acquired directly through experience. Acquired through our senses and is not dependant on anything else.

a)

indirect

b)

description

c)

direct

d)

acquaintance

17.

Knowledge that is acquired through reason. It relies on direct knowledge. It is also known as "a priori." For example, you sit on a chair, you can't see the legs, but you are confident that the legs exist.

a)

direct

b)

description

c)

indirect

d)

acquaintance

18.

is acquired through a direct causal interaction between a person and the object that that person is perceiving. So it is acquired through sense perception. For example, we hear a dog barking, and so we know that a dog is there because of our sense of hearing.

a)

acquaintance

b)

description

c)

indirect

d)

none of the above

19.

When one is not directly in contact with the fact, but knows it only indirectly by means of an explanation. Acquired through sense perception and indirect knowledge. It relies on knowledge by acquaintance.

a)

acquaintance

b)

indirect

c)

description

d)

direct

20.

Knowledge acquired by seeing something demonstrated. For example, just because you know how to swim it does not mean you can explain it to them and they will have the same skill, it needs to be demonstrated.

a)

direct

b)

propositional

c)

acquaintance

d)

competence

21.

Knowledge acquired by conveying information in words. It is the type of knowledge that is, by its very nature, expressed in declarative sentences or indicative propositions. This knowledge can be judged to be either T or F.

a)

direct

b)

description

c)

propositional

d)

competence

22.

In Descartes ____ meditation, he argues that instead of a God, humans were created and are overseen by an evil demon. This idea supposes that everything we know are just deceptive ideas thrust into our minds like creating falsehoods as our memories, experiences, ideas, etc.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

23.

In Descartes ___________ meditation, he concedes that he can't be sure of everything that he knows, but he can be sure that he knows things. Which leads him to say his most famous line, "I think therefore I am."`

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

24.

In Descartes __________ meditation, he says that all ideas have a cause. The cause must either be inside me, or something else. Perfection isn't within me so the idea of an infinite and perfect God must have come from outside me, so God must exist.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

25.

In Descartes ______ meditation, he concludes that God would not cause the imperfection of deceit. So, he is not deceiving him on things he has clear and certain knowledge of.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

26.

In Descartes _______ meditation, he says that he is certain of material objects because he can define them by math. The knowledge doesn't make them exist, rather his knowledge of God makes him certain that they are something.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

27.

The _________ is a computer-generated dream world designed to keep these humans under control. Humans are kept sedated, effectively living a virtual life. Neo awakens in a bed back on Morpheus's ship, and Morpheus further explains that one man was born into it with the power to change anything in it.

a)

portal

b)

tunnel

c)

matrix

d)

virtual

28.

Throughout the movie "The Matrix" both Morpheus and Trinity can be described as a ________________.

a)

empiricist

b)

rationalist

29.

In the beginning of the movie "The Matrix" ______ can be described as an empiricist.

a)

Trinity

b)

Cypher

c)

Agent Smith

d)

Neo