Exam 4

Question 1

Tripart definition of Knowledge

Answer 1

-Belief: Unless one believes a thing, one cannot know it. One has excellent reasons for believing that it is true
P is true
-Truth: A believes P. If one knows a thing then it must be true. If it isn’t true then it can’t constitute knowledge.
-Evidence: A has sufficient evidence for P. In order to know a thing, one must have a good reason for knowing so.

Question 2

Relation between truth and falsity to method universal or method local

Answer 2

T/F can’t exist outside of a method, they exist only inside content and are always localized.
Method provides the criteria

Question 3

In order for a belief to count as knowledge, what must be taken into account?

Answer 3

There must be a link between the belief and the state of the external world

Question 4

5 Criteria for Critical Resoning

Answer 4

Consistency: logical consistency, avoiding self contradictory

Coherency: things must occur in the right order

Adequacy: sufficiency, enough to satisfy, simplicity

Applicability: relevent

Communiciebility: being able to relay your message

Question 5

argumentation vs rhetoric

Answer 5

Rhetoric: doesnt really use reasoning, appeals to pathos

Argument: more logos, shows how something follows from a thing

Both try to convince you of a thing

Question 6

opposition square

Answer 6

A (Every S is P)
E (No S is P) 
I (Some S is P)
O (Some S is not P)
A + E, I+O are contraries
A+O, I+E contradictories