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Epistemology 6

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the tripartite definition of knowledge?

a)

Justified belief

b)

True belief

c)

True justified opinion

d)

Justified true belief

2.

Who challenged the tripartite definition of knowledge in 1963?

a)

Edmund Gettier

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Plato

3.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three kinds of knowledge?

a)

Empirical

b)

Propositional

c)

Acquaintance

d)

Ability

4.

In Gettier's first case, what does Smith believe about the man who will get the job?

a)

He has 5 moons

b)

He owns a Ford

c)

He has 10 coins in his pocket

d)

He is in Barcelona

5.

What does the 'no false lemmas' definition add to the tripartite definition?

a)

Belief must be true

b)

Belief must be justified

c)

Belief must be certain

d)

Belief must not be inferred from anything false

6.

What does reliabilism say about knowledge?

a)

It must be true and justified

b)

It must be certain

c)

It must be a true belief

d)

It must be formed by a reliable method

7.

According to Sosa's virtue epistemology, what is 'aptness'?

a)

The belief is true because of the believer’s intellectual virtues

b)

The belief is justified

c)

The belief is true

d)

The believer is intellectually virtuous

8.

What does infallibilism argue about knowledge?

a)

It must be true and justified

b)

It must be true and certain

c)

It must be formed by a reliable method

d)

It must be a true belief

9.

What is a problem with infallibilism?

a)

It does not require justification

b)

It does not account for Gettier cases

c)

It sets the bar too high for knowledge

d)

It sets the bar too low for knowledge

10.

What does the term 'epistemic virtue' refer to in virtue epistemology?

a)

A trait that leads to acquiring true beliefs

b)

A method of justifying beliefs

c)

A belief that is always true

d)

A belief that is justified

11.

What is the main focus of epistemology?

a)

The study of being

b)

The study of knowledge

c)

The study of morality

d)

The study of beauty

12.

If I have ______________of certain facts, I believe certain _______________ to be true.




(a)  

13.

Which of these seems to exclude children from being able to gain propositional knowledge?

a)

Reliabilism

b)

The tripartite definition

c)

Virtue epistemology

14.

What are the three conditions of the JTB analysis of knowledge?

a)

P is true, S believes that P, S is justified in believing that P

b)

P is false, S doubts that P, S is unjustified in believing that P

c)

P is true, S doubts that P, S is justified in believing that P

d)

P is false, S believes that P, S is unjustified in believing that P

15.

fake barns suggests that JTB does not define knowledge because..

a)

The justification is false because the believer's perception is being deceived by fake barns

b)

Their belief that the barn is real is wrong because the rest are fake, so their justification is not strong enough to suggest they have knowledge

c)

The justification is not false in any way, but the believer does not know that they are in an unusual context which makes their belief seem luckily true