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Epistemology

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

What is rationalism?

a)

Reason is the foundation of knowledge - we create knowledge in our minds

b)

Sense data is the foundation of knowledge - we create knowledge from the data we gather from our senses

c)

The practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

d)

a view of the proper structure of one's knowledge or justified beliefs

2.

What is empiricism?

a)

Reason is the foundation of knowledge, we create knowledge in our mind

b)

sense data is the foundation of knowledge - we create knowledge from the data we gather from our senses

c)

a view of the proper structure of one's knowledge or justified beliefs

d)

a practice questioning the reliability of our knowledge

3.

What is skepticism

a)

the interpretation of sensory information, how we construct reality

b)

sense data is the foundation of knowledge

c)

the practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

d)

reason is the foundation of knowledge

4.

What is perception?

a)

knowledge that comes after sense data, depends on empirical evidence

b)

knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason

c)

the practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

d)

interpretation of sensory information - how we construct reality

5.

What is a priori

a)

knowledge that comes after sense data. Depends on evidence including science and aspects of personal knowledge

b)

knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason. is independent from experience

c)

the interpretation of sensory information, how we construct reality

d)

belief in the life cycle, reincarnation

6.

what is a posteriori

a)

knowledge that comes after sense data. Knowledge that depends on evidence, including science and aspects of personal knowledge

b)

knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason. Independent from experience.

c)

practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

d)

reason is the foundation of knowledge, we create knowledge in our minds

7.

What is qualia?

a)

the interpretation of sensory information

b)

knowledge that comes after sense data, depends on evidence

c)

knowledge that precedes sense data, independent from the experience

d)

private conscious experiences of sensation and perception

8.

what is samsara?

a)

the practice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

b)

belief in the life cycle - reincarnation

c)

an illusion where things appear to be present but are not what they seem

d)

the idea that things only exist when they are percieved

9.

What is maya

a)

the interpretation of sensory information, how we construct reality

b)

an illusion where things appear to be present but are not what they seem

c)

belief in the life cycle - reincarnation

d)

the idea that sense data if the foundation of knowledge

10.

What is the representative theory of perception?

a)

senes data is the foundation of knowledge

b)

reason is the foundation of knowledge

c)

things only exist when they are percieved, the existence of anything is dependent on perception.

d)

The world we see, is not the real world itself, but merely an illusion/representation of that world .

11.

what is subjective idealism?

a)

things only exist when they are perceived, the existence of anything is dependent on perception.

b)

the world we see, is not the real world itself but merely an illusion.

c)

belief in the life cycle - reincarnation

d)

an illusion where things appear to be present but are not what they seem

12.

What is functionalism

a)

knowledge that precedes sense data, derived from our ability to reason. "from the earlier". Independent from experience. Ex, math, deduction, reasoning. 

b)

 pratice of questioning the reliability of our knowledge

c)

the view that all knowledge ultimitaley resides upon a firm base of self evident truths.

d)

an illusion where things appear to be present but are not what they seem