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Ch. 2 Vocab
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- 1consistenceTwo sentences are consistent if it is possible for them to both be true simultaneously
- 2defeasible (evidence)Able to be defeated by evidence that undermines it
- 3indefeasible (evidence)Unable to be false or proven wrong
- 4skepticismThe idea that we can know nothing about anything conclusively
- 5the deductive closure principle (PDJ)If you are justified in believing A and B and C follows logically from A and B, then you are justified in believing C
- 6rationalismThe most significant elements of what we know are derived by reasoning
- 7empiricismThe belief that we come to know things through experience
- 8reductio ad absurdumArguing against a position because of its absurd consequences
- 9knowledge (according to Plato)A justified, true belief
- 10fallibilismThe idea that what we cannot say that our beliefs about the world are all true
- 11verifiable(Of/relating to a sentence) Able to be proven right or wrong with evidence
- 12declarative(Of/relating to a sentence) Describing the state of affairs and thus can be true or false
- 13verification principleEvery declarative statement must be verifiable
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