Quiz 2

Question 1

Epistemology

Answer 1

Episte (know) so the study of knowledge

Question 2

What does JTB stand for

Answer 2

J: Justified - evidence/reason
T: True - having false ideas isn’t knowledge
B: Believe - you have to believe it too

Question 3

Edmund Gettier said…

Answer 3

Just bc you have JTB doesn’t mean you know

Question 4

Rene Descartes

Answer 4

• Doubted all his knowledge
• not 100% certain can’t be knowledge
• “I think, therefore I am”

Question 5

David Hume

Answer 5

“can we even know the sun will rise”

Question 6

Fallibilism

Answer 6

We don’t need 100% certainty, just a high number of certainty and an absence of defeaters

Question 7

A Claim is _____

Answer 7

arguable and an opinion

Question 8

Defeaters

Answer 8

anything that would cause you to significantly doubt a belief

Question 9

Justification

Answer 9

Evidence/ reasons why you’re actually right

Question 10

Evidence

Answer 10

Further explains/validates why your justification is important

Question 11

Counter - argument

Answer 11

anticipate what opponents might say

Question 12

Rebuttal

Answer 12

preemptively answering objections

Question 13

Valid vs Sound Conclusion

Answer 13

Valid - logical consistency + the conclusion follows the premise

Sound - valid + true

Question 14

use definitions/ premises to logically argue for a necessary conclusion

Answer 14

deductive

Question 15

If the premises are true, the conclusion must be true

Answer 15

deductive

Question 16

To deny the conclusion you must deny at least one premise

Answer 16

deductive

Question 17

Probabilistic and lists evidence

Answer 17

Inductive

Question 18

Even if the evidence is good/true the conclusion doesn’t have to be

Answer 18

Inductive