L2: What Makes for Reliable Knowledge?

Question 1

What is universalism? (1)

Answer 1

Strong sets of ideas based mostly on science (1)

Question 2

What is relativism? (1)

Answer 2

The belief that maybe the world is different for different people (1)

Question 3

What is logical (weak) universalism? (2)

Answer 3

Believing that although we do not agree on the facts (1)

We can agree on the certain facts of logic (fundemental ideas) that creates the bases for our ideas (1)

Question 4

What is semantic (weak) relativism? (1)

Answer 4

Things may mean different things to different people in different contexts (1)

Question 5

What is ontological (strong) relativism? (1)

Answer 5

Believing that we may just live in different worlds (1)

Question 6

How does reality being ambigious create problems for universalist approaches? (2)

Answer 6

Our qualia sensory experiences can change depending on how we structure our attention (1)

The brain has the capacity to switch between interpretive modes (1)

Question 7

How do social facts create problems for universalist approaches? (2)

Answer 7

A huge quantity of social reality is created by society which by their very nature is extremely dependent on social structures and indoctrination (1)

Most of us share 96-7% of our genetic material with one another (1)