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Epistemology
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- 1What is JTB and what are the problems with it?we can know things for certain if they are justified, true and you believe them (plato).
Problems include the Gettier theory aka accidental correctness, infinte regress and scepticism - 2What is the sceptical problem?that we cant be certain of anything
- 3What are the reasons to be sceptical?-The media reports lies everyday AND people in authority withold information
-Our senses can be decieved
-Our past cannot be trusted as it is based in memory - 4What are the 3 main reasons for scepticism?Authority, media and the senses
- 5How do sceptics use the dream argument?-dreams have a double aspect which have ordinary experiences of a healthy mind but they are also debateable due to their extravagance and deceptiveness
- 6What is a priori knowledge and give an example?Arrive at things just by thinking, they are independent of experience
2+2=4 - 7What are innate ideas?ideas that have been in the individuals mind since birth.
- 8What is a logical necessity?Something that is true because they cannot be otherwise.
- 9How do rationalists avoid scepticism?they find knowledge beyond doubt through things such as cogito
- 10What does John Locke say about the dream argument?-He believes there is pleasure and pain experienced when awake but not asleep.
-Locke says the physical sensation of pain is not something we can experience when dreaming. - 11What are the strengths of scepticism?-Flaws in JTB
-Can't trust the media or people in authority as they with hold information.
-If you haven't been somewhere or experienced it how do you know it exists? - 12What are the weaknesses of scepticism?-senses unreliable
-if we didn't trust people we wouldn't build relationships
-Instead of saying bad mouthing things that dont exist they should find some evidence. - 13What are the strengths of rationalism?-It's universal
-it finds already existing principles behind theories making them undisputed - 14What are weaknesses of rationalism?-not all knowledge can be gained through thinking, some things have to be experienced
-some people are not born with innate ideas , and laws and logic used to describe our world may be incorrect.
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