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The Problems of k.
The Nature of K.
Language
perception
tok review
100
The idea that truth is based on the individual
What is relativism
100
Truth is an ojective requirement for knowledge, but this is a subjective requirement.
What is belief
100
A subset of communication that is rule-governed, intended and creative
What is language
100
Awareness of things through our five senses.
What is perception
100
Any form of reasoning that moves from the particular to the general.
What is inductive reasoning
200
When we look for evidence in favor of our beliefs and ignore that which does not.
What is confirmation bias
200
The criteria or definition eastablished as a beginning to the discussion about knowledge.
What is justified true belief
200
The web of associations surrounding a word
What is connotation
200
These highlight the role of interpretation in perception
What is optical illusions
200
Claiming that something is true on the grounds that there is no evidence to disprove it.
What is ad ignorantium
300
The belief one should question everything.
What is sketicism
300
Information organized into a meaningful whole.
What is knowledge
300
The saying of one thing to mean another.
What is irony
300
The world exists as we see it.
What is common sense realism
300
Thinking 'outside the box' and coming up with creative ways to solve problems.
What is lateral thinking
400
These are two preliminary criteria for deciding whether a knowledge claim is plausible.
What is evidence on coherence
400
Random grouping of 'facts' or ideas with no related meaning
What is information
400
A theory that langauge determines our experience of reality
What is sapir-whorf
400
way of distinguishing appearance from reality by seeing if it fits with your overall experience of the world.
What is coheren coherence
400
wrod that begins with "E" that determines how we see things
What is expectations
500
If the map is to be useful, then it must of necessity be imperfect.
What is pardox of cartography
500
Cultural tradtion, school, internet, expert opinion and media
What is 2nd hand k
500
Describing something that is not meant literally but by means of a vivid comparison.
What is a metaphor
500
Creates an uncomfortable world of colorless, soundless, odorless atoms whizzing around in empty space.
What is scientific realism
500
the condition whereby someone loses the ability to interpret what they see
What is visual agnosia