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Defining Knowledge
Ways of Knowing
How do you know?
Problems with Knowledge
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How did Plato define knowledge?
A justified true belief
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Which of the following is not one of the way of knowing? A. Reason B. Sense Perception C. Luminosity D. Language
Luminosity
100
2+2=?
4!
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What is the phenomenon by which people only absorb information that agrees with their preconceived notions?
Confirmation Bias
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What is the belief that reality exists but not necessarily in the form that we perceive called?
Scientific Realism
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Which way of knowing gathers information without inference, perception, or reason?
Intuition
200
How many fingers are on my hand?
Five
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Why do many psychologists doubt the accuracy of sense perception as a way of knowing?
Because people often see what they want to believe
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Which philosopher embraced the theory of rationalism- " I think therefore I am?"
Decartes
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What is the difference between shared knowledge and personal knowledge?
Shared knowledge is assembled by multiple people and passed on through multiple generations, while personal knowledge is gathered only through personal experiences
300
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
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What is the problem with the statement “All truth is relative?”
The statement "All truth is relative" must also be relative!
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Which branch of philosophy explores how knowledge can be obtained?
Epistemology
400
Must something be 100% certain to be knowledge?
While it is necessary to be skeptical, rejecting the possibility of knowledge at all is just as counterproductive and being gullible to anything. Require absolute certainty for knowledge would necessarily mean that knowledge simply does not exist. The ways of knowing provide us with a means to assess the wide array of information we receive each day. (Also we're open to different answers on this if argued well)
400
Is killing moral?
You can’t know! Most philosophers don’t believe there is a universal answer to this question. In particular, linguists point to the fact that most languages have multiple words: “kill,” “murder,” “put to death,” “slaughter,” “assassinate,” “execute,”- to prove that the question of killing is clearly an area of moral ambiguity.
400
What did the Gietter Problem point out about Plato’s Theory of Knowledge?
A person may believe something which is true and justify that belief for the wrong reasons, thus it is not really knowledge.