Belief, Knowledge and propositions Flashcards
What is ‘belief’ ?
A belief is some which you think is true but doesn’t happen to be the case.
What is ‘True belief’ ?
A belief that you hold that also happens to be true.
What is ‘knowledge’?
A true belief that has evidence to support it, a ‘justified true belief’
What is a analytical proposition and give an example?
A self supporting proposition, true by the definitions of the words used. They are a certainty but do not tell us something new.
What is a synthetic proposition and give an example?
They put together two two unconnected ideas together to tell us something new about the world. However they are not necessarily true.
What is a inductive argument?
Where you attempt to show a proposition is a justified true belief through experience. To prove the propositions ‘all zebras are black and white’ we would have to find all the zebras. Prove synthetic arguments but are nearly impossible as you cannot know if you have found all zebras.
What is a Deductive argument?
Where you use a analytic proposition to find out about the world. Your findings will always be true.
What is a priori knowledge?
Knowledge of something which does not require experience for us to know it is true.
Used with rationalism, deductive arguments and analytical propositions. Can be synthetic in some cases ‘2+3=5’.
What is a posteriori knowledge?
Knowledge which can only be established through experience. Used with empiricism, inductive arguments and synthetic propositions.
