Chapter 1.1 Methods of knowing and acquiring knowledge

Question 1

Methods of acquiring knowledge

Answer 1

are the ways a person know things

Question 2

The method of tenacity

Answer 2

Imformation is accepted as true because it has always been believed or because superstition supports it

Question 3

The method of inituition

Answer 3

Information is accepted as true because it feels right. Gut feeling.

Question 4

The method of authority

Answer 4

A person relies on information or answers from an expert in the subject area. Method of faith is a variant (unquestioning trust to authority figures)

Question 5

The rational method

Answer 5

Seeks answers by the use of logical reasoning

Question 6

Premise statements

Answer 6

They decribe facts or assumptions that presumed to be true. We need them first in the rational method

Question 7

Argument

Answer 7

It is a set of premise statements that are logically combined to yield a conclusion.

Question 8

The method of empiricism

Answer 8

Uses observation or direct sensory experience to obtain knowledge