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WorksheetsEpistemology definitions quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is a priori knowledge?
Knowledge that you're certain of
Knowledge that you don't need proof of in order to know
Knowledge that you do need proof of in order to know
Knowledge no one can every really know for certain
What is a synthetic statement?
A statement that is fake, or false
A statement that you cannot be certain of
A statement based on sensory experience
A statement about synthetics
What is a necessary truth?
Something you need to know in order to know something else
Something only true sometimes
Something true when it is necessary
Something that is always true (often definitionally)
Which of these statements are examples of a paradox? (tick all that apply)
If there’s one thing that I know, it’s that I don’t know anything at all.
I hate wearing jackets in cold weather.
I am a compulsive liar.
One must be cruel to be kind
Which of these would be a good definition of justification?
Giving a personal opinion on why something has happened
Comforting someone by saying that we "can't know God's plans"
Giving an irrefutable (and often factual) reason why something has happened
What is the key principle of "Ockham's Razor"?
Slicing away at someone's beliefs to destroy them is how you gain eventual philosophical truth
Often the simplest answer is the correct one
The line between "right" and "wrong" is razor thin
Philosophy, like a razor, can be used for good or evil
What does "begging the question" mean?
Saying something that obviously highlights another issue/ question to be raised
Purposely avoiding answering a specific problem or question
When an argument assumes that its conclusion is already correct in order to make its initial point
Really wanting to ask something but being unable to
An argument which is first based on an observation, then considered through theory, to finally be given an infallible paradigm, is called what?
Deductive
Inductive
Abductive
An argument which uses observations first to make a "rough" or "most likely" and simple conclusion is called what?
Deductive
Abductive
Inductive
An argument which first establishes a theory, then tests said theory, before coming to a solid conclusion is called what?
Deductive
Abductive
Inductive
Inferences are statements that are clearly marked out in the argument and definitely true.
True
False
To say that a statement is "consistent" with another is to suggest that they both support or help each other with the same argument.
True
False
Contingent existence means that something exists only in the case of something else existing or being true.
True
False
Write an example of an a posteriori truth.
