Quiz Epistemology

Question 1

2 Categories of Epistemology

Answer 1

Rationalism and empiricism

Question 2

Rationalism

Answer 2

Knowledge comes from reason. Application of logic, math, innate ideas/inborn knowledge

Knowledge is A Priori

Question 3

Empiricism

Answer 3

Human mind is a blank slate
True source of knowledge comes from observation, the 5 senses

Knowledge is A Posteriori

Question 4

Plato

Answer 4

Rationalist

Founder of the academy
Metaphysical philosophy
The republic is his most famous work, where the allegory of the cave is

Question 5

Metaphysics

Answer 5

Construct general worldview, account of all reality and experience: EPISTEMOLOGY, ONTOLOGY, ETHICS, AESTHETICS

Question 6

Simile of the line

Answer 6

Pure reason ; the forms
Understanding ; scientific concepts
Belief ; particular objects
Conjecture ; images
Epistemology ; ontology

Question 7

How is the simile of the line organized?

Answer 7

Series of originals and copies
Visible world: copies
Intelligible world: original and copies

Question 8

Three big questions of epistemology

Answer 8

What is knowledge
Does knowledge require certainty
Is knowledge in fact possible