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Epistemology Flashcards

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Empircism

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Knowledge is gained through the senses

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Rationalism

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Knowledge is gained through logic

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A priori

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knowledge is gained through observation

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A posteriori

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Knowledge is gained through experience

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what does S stand for

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Subject

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what does P stand for

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Proposition

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what is the JTB theory

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s knows that p, only if
s believes that p
p is true
s is justified into believing that p

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Deduction

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Inference of particular instances are predetermined by reference to a general law/principle

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Fatalism

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All events are predetermined & therefore inevitable

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Hedonism

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Pleasure is the highest good & aim to life

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Intuition

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A thing that one knows from instinctive feeling

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Law of nature

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A regularly occurring phenomenon observable in human society

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Occam’s Razor

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the simplest explanation is preferable to one that is more complex

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Probability theory

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The extent to which an event is likely to occur

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Dogmatic

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expressing a belief/opinion as a fact

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Hume’s view on epistemology

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• knowledge comes from experience
• cause ≠ effect , don’t take causation for granted

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Kant’s view on epistemology

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Synthesised rationalism & empiricism

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Locke’s view on epistemology

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• Knowledge comes from experience
• outer experience (5 traditional senses)
• vs inner experience (more complex, often subjective)

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Plato’s view on epistemology

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JTB

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Descartes’ view on epistemology

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Knowledge of math, innate ideas, God can only be attained by reason

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Innate knowledge

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• human mind is born with ideas/knowledge

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Observational knowledge

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Knowledge can only be observed a posteriori, empiricism

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Knowing purely by thinking

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Reflecting rather than observing, so rationalism

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Knowing by thinking + observing

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Observation & reason combined

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Theories of truth - correspondence

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Truth/falsity of a statement is determined only by how it relates to the world & whether it actually describes it

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Theories of truth - coherence

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On the degree to which it aligns with all other beliefs in a system, without creating contradictions

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Theories of truth - pragmatic

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• Depends on how useful that truth is, if it’s not useful we reject it

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