Epistemology overview (study of knowledge)

Question 1

analytic

Answer 1

true by virtue of the meaning of the words or concepts used to express it, so that its denial would be a self-contradiction eg. all bachelors are unmarried

Question 2

synthetic

Answer 2

predicate of a statement is not contained in the subject but is connected to it through experience.

Question 3

contingent

Answer 3

not necessarily true or false

Question 4

deductive

Answer 4

logical process in which a conclusion is drawn from a set of premises that contain no more info than the premises taken collectively eg. all dogs animals; this is a dog, thus an animal. Truth of conclusion dependent only on method

reason is used to obtain info - “bottom up” approach

Question 5

inductive

Answer 5

have all evidence to make a judgement - “top down” approach