ToK Terms GRADE A Q&A
Characteristic of Truth - (correct answer)Independent, public, eternal
Knowledge - (correct answer)Justified (logic, empirical evidence, memory, authority)
True (public, independent, eternal) Belief (you must believe in it yourself)
A priori knowledge - (correct answer)a proposition that can be known to be true
independent of experience
A posteriori knowledge - (correct answer)a proposition that is known to be true from
experience
Knowledge by Acquaintance - (correct answer)Knowledge that MAY be private,
subjective, unexpressed, convincing, trustworthy, and passionate; MAY arise from
feelings, experience, and intuition; MAY determine behavior; may be "knowing how"
Knowledge by Description - (correct answer)Knowledge that MUST be expressed,
supported by evidence, believed, stated in propositiosn, be judged as true or false;
MUST be "knowing that"
"Knowing that" - (correct answer)Knowledge by Description; "If you can't say it, you
don't know it"
"Knowing how" - (correct answer)Knowledge by Acquaintaince; "I know more than I can
say"
Propositional Knowledge - (correct answer)Knowledge that can be said to be true or
false/that can be asserted or denied
Epistemic Certainty - (correct answer)when a belief has the best possible grounds or
evidence that could preclude all possible skepticism of the belief
, Psychological Certainty - (correct answer)The degree of confidence, conviction, belief a
person has in some proposition; when the subject who has it is supremely convinced of
its truth
Analytic Propositions - (correct answer)a proposition that is true by definition
Synthetic Propositions - (correct answer)any proposition that is not analytic/true by
definition
Justification - (correct answer)evidence/proof that a belief is true or reasonable;
distinguished as good or bad by reliability
Belief - (correct answer)the subjective requirement for knowledge; confidence in the
truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof
Opinion - (correct answer)a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or
certainty
Determinism and Causality - (correct answer)one theory leading to another; the idea
that every event (behavior, cognition, action etc.) is determined by direct cause-and-
effect; the idea that every event is necessitated by antecedent events and conditions
together with the laws of nature
Universals - (correct answer)repeatable or recurrent entities that can be instantiated or
exemplified by many particular things; shared qualities, relations, or types
Metaphysics - (correct answer)The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of
reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact
and value; A priori speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific
observation, analysis, or experiment
Characteristic of Truth - (correct answer)Independent, public, eternal
Knowledge - (correct answer)Justified (logic, empirical evidence, memory, authority)
True (public, independent, eternal) Belief (you must believe in it yourself)
A priori knowledge - (correct answer)a proposition that can be known to be true
independent of experience
A posteriori knowledge - (correct answer)a proposition that is known to be true from
experience
Knowledge by Acquaintance - (correct answer)Knowledge that MAY be private,
subjective, unexpressed, convincing, trustworthy, and passionate; MAY arise from
feelings, experience, and intuition; MAY determine behavior; may be "knowing how"
Knowledge by Description - (correct answer)Knowledge that MUST be expressed,
supported by evidence, believed, stated in propositiosn, be judged as true or false;
MUST be "knowing that"
"Knowing that" - (correct answer)Knowledge by Description; "If you can't say it, you
don't know it"
"Knowing how" - (correct answer)Knowledge by Acquaintaince; "I know more than I can
say"
Propositional Knowledge - (correct answer)Knowledge that can be said to be true or
false/that can be asserted or denied
Epistemic Certainty - (correct answer)when a belief has the best possible grounds or
evidence that could preclude all possible skepticism of the belief
, Psychological Certainty - (correct answer)The degree of confidence, conviction, belief a
person has in some proposition; when the subject who has it is supremely convinced of
its truth
Analytic Propositions - (correct answer)a proposition that is true by definition
Synthetic Propositions - (correct answer)any proposition that is not analytic/true by
definition
Justification - (correct answer)evidence/proof that a belief is true or reasonable;
distinguished as good or bad by reliability
Belief - (correct answer)the subjective requirement for knowledge; confidence in the
truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof
Opinion - (correct answer)a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or
certainty
Determinism and Causality - (correct answer)one theory leading to another; the idea
that every event (behavior, cognition, action etc.) is determined by direct cause-and-
effect; the idea that every event is necessitated by antecedent events and conditions
together with the laws of nature
Universals - (correct answer)repeatable or recurrent entities that can be instantiated or
exemplified by many particular things; shared qualities, relations, or types
Metaphysics - (correct answer)The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of
reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact
and value; A priori speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific
observation, analysis, or experiment
