Quiz 2 Definitions

Question 1

Epistemic justification

Answer 1

property of belief that qualifies it as knowledge rather than mere opinion with the goal of the cognitive enterprise in general, which is the attainment of truth

Question 2

Epistemology

Answer 2

the philosogical study of nature, conditions, and limits of knowledge

Question 3

Subjective truth

Answer 3

a claim whose truth or falsity depends on what someone believes or feels

Question 3

Objective truth

Answer 3

a claim whose truth or falsity is independent of what anyone believes about the matter

Question 4

Cultural alethic relativism

Answer 4

a claim that truth is relative to the society or culture in which one lives

Question 5

Cultural (moral) relativism

Answer 5

the specific claim that morality is relative to each culture or society

Question 6

Global alethic relativism

Answer 6

the claim that all truth in all subjects is relative

Question 7

individual alethic relativism

Answer 7

the claim that all truth is relative to each individual

Question 8

Individual moral relativism

Answer 8

the specific claim that morality is relative to each individual aka moral subjectivism

Question 9

Global skepticism

Answer 9

the claim that all knowledge is impossible

Question 10

Protagoras’ Quote

Answer 10

Man is the measure of all things, of existence of things that are, and of the non-existence of things that are not