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WorksheetsEpistemology
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is Epistemology? Click all that apply
The study of reality
The study of arguments
The study of knowledge
The study of truth
A person who regards human reason as the principal source of all knowledge. (click all that apply)
empiricist
rationalist
a posteriori
a priori
a person who supports the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. (click all that apply)
a posteriori
a priori
empiricist
rationalist
__________ and ____________ are known to be rationalists and believed that reason is the primary source of knowledge.
Descartes
Locke
Aristotle
Plato
__________ and __________ are known to be empiricists.
Plato
Locke
Descartes
Aristotle
______ believes that consciousness is a mental activity that uses both reason and sense perception.
Plato
Locke
Kant
None of the above
________ believed that both reason and the senses play an important role in acquiring knowledge.
Aristotle
Descartes
Locke
All of the above
________ believed that the senses are the primary source of knowledge.
Locke
Plato
Descartes
None of the above
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.
opinion
belief
knowledge
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."
knowledge
opinion
belief
At the top of the triangle. Is considered the most reliable. For example, "I know that a triangle has 3 sides."
opinion
knowledge
belief
According to _________, in order for something to be justified true belief: the statement must be true + you need to believe that it is true.
Edmund Gettier
Bertrand Russel
Plato
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.
Edmund Gettier
Bertrand Russell
Plato
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.
Plato
Edmund Gettier
Bertrand Russel
What is "The Gettier Problem?"
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.
the search for knowledge can be never-ending if we don't stop questioning whether our knowledge is based off of false statements/justifications.
all of the above
Knowledge that is acquired directly through experience. Acquired through our senses and is not dependant on anything else.
indirect
description
direct
acquaintance
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.
direct
description
indirect
acquaintance
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.
acquaintance
description
indirect
none of the above
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.
acquaintance
indirect
description
direct
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.
direct
propositional
acquaintance
competence
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.
direct
description
propositional
competence
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.
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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."`
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
portal
tunnel
matrix
virtual
Throughout the movie "The Matrix" both Morpheus and Trinity can be described as a ________________.
empiricist
rationalist
In the beginning of the movie "The Matrix" ______ can be described as an empiricist.
Trinity
Cypher
Agent Smith
Neo
