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Flashcards by slatter.e07, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Knowledge | A cognitive state consisting in information, formed by BELIEFS being TRUE and JUSTIFIED in the right way. |
| Propositional knowledge | Knowing that... (e.g. It hurts to fall on my face.) |
| Acquaintance knowledge | Knowledge from contact...(e.g. Knowing who and where, ie knowing London) |
| Ability knowledge | Knowing how...(e.g.I know how to ride a bike) |
| Direct realism | The theory that the objects of PERCEPTION and their properties are real and PERCEIVED directly. |
| Indirect realism| IR | PERCEPTION requires that the objects of perception and their qualities are real but we do not perceive them directly. Instead, MIND-DEPENDANT information mediates the relation between perceive and the observer. (see Locke, Russell) |
| Mind-Dependent | MD | Something whose existence depends on a mind. e.g. the thought you're having right now |
| Mind-Independent | MI | Something whose existence does not depend on a mind. |
| Perception | Activity of the mind in which objects of perception are experienced through the senses. |
| Sense-Data | Sense-Datum | The immediate, MIND-DEPENDENT objects of perception according to Russell. |
| External world | The universe outside of the mind which includes our bodies, our planet and everything else. |
| Epistemology | The branch of philosophy focusing on knowledge, especially that of the external world. |
| Assent[ed/ing] | To accept or agree a theory or argument |
| Dissent[ed/ing] | Not to accept a theory or argument |
| Scepticism/sceptic(s) | State of questioning, or doubt about, whether something exists. at the extreme, doubting anything at all. |
| Solipsism/Solipsistic(s) | The SCEPTICAL theory that nothing can be proven to exist except your own mind |
| Bertrand Russell 1872-1970 | INDIRECT REALIST - produced theory of SENSE-DATA. This theory states that we perceive the objects of perception directly, but through mind-dependent sensations. He believed in properties like colour/taste were MIND-DEPENDENT and were caused by MIND-INDEPENDENT objects in the external world. |
| Realism/Realist(s) | The belief that something is real. To be a realist about your phone is to believe that they have a real, physical existence in the EXTERNAL WORLD |
| Anti-Realist(s) | To DISSENT to the theory to realism, things aren't real. (Berkeley was an ANTI-REALIST about the physical world, but a REALIST about MIND-INDEPENDENT ideas and minds) |
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