Epistemology Test

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Epistemology

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The sub field of philosophy that deals with knowledge.

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Epis

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Which does NOT note the correct relationship between knowledge and belief?

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“Claims to knowledge is asserted with certainty, whereas claims of belief are not “ IS Incorrect

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False the knowledge does not make sense.

Having a False belief does make sense.

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The theory of knowledge that claims that All knowledge Is based on or built upon some indubitable truths.

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Foundationalism

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The indubitable truths are to serve as the ground by which to justify all other claims to knowledge.

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The father is modern philosophy, a mathematician, lawyer, and a scientist.

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DESCARTES

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He sought some indubitable truths and claimed to have found them.

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Examples of Priori statements:

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2+2=4

Or

“A bachelor is an unmarried, adult man not in a religious order”

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In my own words

“A knowledge that doesn’t require to feel it “. Or use our senses

Definition is unchangeable and cannot be false.

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A posteriori statement

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I have two arms (could have one for all we know)

Dogs have four legs (some dogs have only 3)

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Examples that happen after our senses or (things that could change in my own words)

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The science that cannot be doubted , even if we were dreaming it .

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Mathematics

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2+2=4 is a science

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Which is NOT TRUE ABOUT DESCARTES UNDERSTANDING OF THE MALIGNANT DEMON ?

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Not true: the being must exist for Descartes to doubt a priori claims to knowledge.

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ALL TRUE:

The being is as powerful as god.

The possibility of existence of the being allows us to doubt a priori claims to knowledge.

The being delights in deceiving people

The being can make us think that 2+2=4 while in reality it isn’t.

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According to Descartes, what is the epistemological consequences for asserting that there is no god ?

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We would be even more prone to error since the cause of our existence would be less than perfect.

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God is perfect : his creations are perfect.

(In my own words) There fore we could not make too many errors.

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According to Descartes why are a posteriori claims to knowledge dubitable (doubted)?

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Due to the possibility of misusing our senses or by the possibility of dreaming.

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Posteriori is AFTER THE SENSES.

OUR SENSES COULD BE WRONG.

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Example of priori claims to knowledge:

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2+2=4

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Does not require our senses , a science

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Example of posteriori claim to knowledge:

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This phone is blue.

(Using our senses)

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Posteriori (post means after) our senses

We see a color and it could be distorted

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What is Descartes first foundational truth ?

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I think therefore I am

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I think therefore ;

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What is not a characteristic of a body?

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That it moves itself

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It has definite location

It has a figure

It is like a corpse

Our senses sense it

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What else according to Descartes can we gather after the first foundational truth by the end of meditation II ?

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Nothing more

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Nada

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What else according to Descartes can we gather after the first foundational truth?

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That we are more certain of the mind/soul than the body.

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Statement at the end of the second meditation that is indubitable:

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I seem to see a tree

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“I seem”

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A human being is made up of two parts: what’s is this stance ?

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DUALISM

Material body

And soul/mind

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John Locke says of the innate (ingrained) ideas ?

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They do not exist, since if an idea, it ought to be found universally. But certain people (children and idiots ) do not know them.

So innate ideas are not universally found.

Hence, they do not exist.

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U.U controversial statement by locke

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What does locked say of the human mind ?

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It is tabula rasa (white paper or blank slate)

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Sounds like a weed name lol

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How does locked define knowledge ?

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Our grasp of the agreement or disagreement between ideas.

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What is NOT true about LOCKE understanding of simple ideas and complex ideas ?

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Chair is an example of a simple idea.

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Of the following which is lockes understanding of nominal (simple) essence ?

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It is a complex idea that a word stands for ; as such different people have different degrees of understanding of a nominal essence.

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According to many where does knowledge begin what is

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Experience

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What is empirical knowledge according to Kant

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Empirical knowledge stems from our senses.

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Posteriori

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Priori cannot be what according to Kant

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Synthetic

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Predicate contained within the subject according to Kant subject and predicate are independent of each

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ANALYTIC

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Analytic is priori

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Subject and predicate are independent of each other

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Synthetic

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The sum of 5 and 7 is 12 is a what type of statement

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Synthetic a priori

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Analytic priori what

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A bachelor is an unmarried man

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There is no pink elephant in this classroom

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Synthetic a posteriori statement