Some examples from this set of practice questions
1.
what is propositional knowledge
Answer: knowing that
2.
what is acquaintance knowledge
Answer: knowing of
3.
what is practical/ability knowledge
Answer: knowing how
4.
what is a proposition
Answer: a declarative statement.
5.
what are pitfalls to avoid when defining
Answer: circularity obscure negative adhoc
6.
How does plato define knowledge in the meno and theaetetus
Answer: -compares the stability of knowledge with the flightiness of belief. -our true belief is backed up with reason -this makes our true belief “stick in the mind”i -in the theaetetus , true belief accompanied by rational account is knowledge, or justified true belief.
7.
we have justified true belief if,...
Answer: you believe in P your belief in P is justified P is true if all three conditions are satisfied then the agent must have propositional knowledge. All are necessary and sufficient conditions to know that p.
8.
what does the tripartite view try to do
Answer: provide a complete analysis of the concept of propositional knowledge.
9.
ISSUES WITH JTB- certainty
Answer: a difference between knowledge and belief is certainty. knowledge must be certain
10.
ISSUES WITH JTB- Are all the conditions individually necessary?- BELIEF
Answer: one may know how to correctly answer a question in a philosophy paper (having being taught it, but do not remember being taught), therefore we can argue that the agent knew how to answer, without the condition of belief being satisfied.
Some examples from this set of practice questions
1.
what is rationalism?
Answer: we can acquire some knowledge through intuition and reduction, (just by thinking)
2.
Explain the three waves of doubt?
Answer: Before establishing what we know. descartes needs to doubt everything, he does this by stating reasons why we can doubt. illusion. dreaming and cartesian demon/deception.
3.
What are the three synthetic truths that descartes provides in his meditations?
Answer: I exist God exists The external world exists
4.
what two ways reject empiricism
Answer: rationalism and innatism
5.
what is innatism
Answer: we are born with some knowledge already
6.
what are the two types of truth
Answer: analytic and synthetic
7.
define analytic truth
Answer: true in virtue of the meaning of the words, a tautology, Metaphysically true. and cannot be denied without resulting in logical contradiction
8.
what is a synthetic truth
Answer: true in virtue of how the world is.
9.
what is intuition
Answer: the ability to know something is true just by thinking about it
10.
what is deduction
Answer: a method of deriving true propositions from other true propositions. using reason
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