Epistemology And The Nature Of Knowledge Flashcards
Define epistemology.
Study of the nature of knowledge and whether it is achievable or not.
What does JTB stand for?
Justified Truth Belief.
Define belief.
A statement or train of thought that you find truth in.
Define assertion.
Prepositional belief + prepositional attitude.
Define proposition.
A statement that is true or false.
Define truth.
A statement that corresponds to reality.
Define justification.
Holds evidence to some statements, reducing doubts and strengthens the confidence of said statements.
What does SAP stand for?
Subject, attitude and belief.
What did the ‘Gettier cases’ demonstrate?
How one can have justified true beliefs without knowledge.
He found that some truths are coincidental, elaborate.
Somethings that we believe is purely by coincidence.
Also, he found that some truths may non-conclusive. Elaborate.
Some truths are what we believe or are convinced by what we see. In reality though, it can be anything that shares the same properties and in some cases people are coincidently right with their justification.
What are some arguments against Gettier’s points?
- not all of his examples are justified and true.
- no false propositions.
- if a statement was proven to be wrong, it shouldn’t have been believed in the first place (Nozick).
Define ‘no false lemma’.
Knowledge that comes from a justified true belief itself. It isn’t false or influenced by any other statement.
Define ‘defeater’.
When a person thinks that the result they’ll get is right, but in this case, that’s not right as it contains hidden truths behind it.
Define ‘innatism’,
Humans are born with knowledge.
