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WorksheetsWhat's "knowledge"?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is acquaintance knowledge?
Knowing "of" someone or a place.
Knowing that a claim is true or false.
Knowing how to do something.
What is ability knowledge?
Knowing "of" someone or a place.
Knowing that a claim is true or false.
Knowing how to do something.
What is propositional knowledge?
Knowing "of" someone or a place.
Knowing that a claim is true or false.
Knowing how to do something.
Who said knowledge is "cognitive contact with reality"?
Zagzebski
Gettier
Russell
Locke
What's a "lemma"?
A false claim made part way through an argument.
A consequent that contradicts an antecedent.
A claim made part way through an argument.
A claim that is proven to be false.
Which of these represents the tripartite definition of knowledge?
RTB
JTB
VTB
What two reasons might be given for saying justification is a necessary condition of knowledge?
It avoids the possibility of knowledge coming from luck.
It avoids the possibility of having to say we know nothing.
It avoids the possibility of knowledge being based on belief.
It avoids the possibility of knowledge as the result of irrationality.
Which one of these is an objection to Zagzebski's VTB?
Motive has no bearing on gaining knowledge.
The reliability of processes used in attempts to gain knowledge doesn't guarantee that knowledge is gained.
It means that there would be very few occasions when it could be said that knowledge has ben gained.
What are "Gettier cases"?
Examples of truth arising from a false belief.
Examples of propositions that are true because the person making the assertion can't be mistaken.
Examples of justified true belief without knowledge.
Which of these seems to exclude children from being able to gain propositional knowledge?
Reliabilism
The tripartite definition
Virtue epistemology
