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WorksheetsEpistemology 6
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the tripartite definition of knowledge?
Justified belief
True belief
True justified opinion
Justified true belief
Who challenged the tripartite definition of knowledge in 1963?
Edmund Gettier
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Which of the following is NOT one of the three kinds of knowledge?
Empirical
Propositional
Acquaintance
Ability
In Gettier's first case, what does Smith believe about the man who will get the job?
He has 5 moons
He owns a Ford
He has 10 coins in his pocket
He is in Barcelona
What does the 'no false lemmas' definition add to the tripartite definition?
Belief must be true
Belief must be justified
Belief must be certain
Belief must not be inferred from anything false
What does reliabilism say about knowledge?
It must be true and justified
It must be certain
It must be a true belief
It must be formed by a reliable method
According to Sosa's virtue epistemology, what is 'aptness'?
The belief is true because of the believer’s intellectual virtues
The belief is justified
The belief is true
The believer is intellectually virtuous
What does infallibilism argue about knowledge?
It must be true and justified
It must be true and certain
It must be formed by a reliable method
It must be a true belief
What is a problem with infallibilism?
It does not require justification
It does not account for Gettier cases
It sets the bar too high for knowledge
It sets the bar too low for knowledge
What does the term 'epistemic virtue' refer to in virtue epistemology?
A trait that leads to acquiring true beliefs
A method of justifying beliefs
A belief that is always true
A belief that is justified
What is the main focus of epistemology?
The study of being
The study of knowledge
The study of morality
The study of beauty
If I have ______________of certain facts, I believe certain _______________ to be true.
(a)
Which of these seems to exclude children from being able to gain propositional knowledge?
Reliabilism
The tripartite definition
Virtue epistemology
What are the three conditions of the JTB analysis of knowledge?
P is true, S believes that P, S is justified in believing that P
P is false, S doubts that P, S is unjustified in believing that P
P is true, S doubts that P, S is justified in believing that P
P is false, S believes that P, S is unjustified in believing that P
fake barns suggests that JTB does not define knowledge because..
The justification is false because the believer's perception is being deceived by fake barns
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
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
