Philosophers
Chapter 9 & Potluck
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Chapter 10 & Potluck
Random Class Facts
100

A Greek philosopher who was offered to be one of the ‘thirty tyrants,' but declined

Who is Plato?

100

The name of the German Shepherd

Who is Emma?

100

Reasons independent of experience, derive from rational insight or rational intuition

What is A Priori knowledge?

100

The view that knowledge of (or justified belief about) something is impossible

What is "skepticism"?

100

Dr. Sorem's favorite question to ask

What is 'why come'?

200

A french philosopher, scientist and mathematician

Who is Rene Descartes?

200

The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge

What is Epistemology?

200

Reasons based on or derived from experience

What is A Posteriori Knowledge?

200

What does "BIV" stand for?

What is "Brain-in-a-vat"?

200

A saint name picked by Dr. Sorem

What is "Ananias"?

300

A English philosopher, physician, and known as the "father of liberalism"

Who is John Locke?

300

Implies that for a belief to be justified it must belong to a coherent system of beliefs

What is coherentism?

300

All bachelors are unmarried is an example of 

What is a priori knowledge?

300

View that justifies a belief must be something that is cognitively accessible to the person

What is Internalism?

300

When something slides into a ditch due to snowy conditions

What is what happened to Dr. Sorem's car?

400

A German philosopher and worked at the University of Königsberg

Who is Immanuel Kant?

400

A word meaning 'love of wisdom'

What is "philosophy"?

400

'It is raining outside' is an example of 

What is a posteriori knowledge?

400

View that what justifies a belief not be cognitively accessible to the believer

What is Externalism?

400

A full-length garment of a single color worn by certain members of the Church

What is a "cassock"?

500

A Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist

Who is David Hume?

500

The view that there are beliefs whose justification is independent of that of other beliefs and that the justification of all other beliefs depends on inference from basic beliefs

What is foundationalism?

500

"------' plays an indispensable role in Cartesian epistemology and how it apparently offers the only hope for a justification of inductive reasoning" 

What is a priori justification?

500

"The principle or thesis according to which if (a) a person knows some claim P, and (b) P entails some further claim Q and the person is aware of this entailment, then the person also knows Q" 

What is "epistemic closure"?

500
Which spelling of Dr. Sorem's name is 'inferior'-

1. Eric

2. Erik


What is "Eric"?

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