Week 3: Rational Belief

Question 1

What are the three belief attitudes?

Answer 1

Belief, witholding, disbelief

Question 2

What has to happen for a disagreement to occur?

Answer 2

1. Two people share the same proposition
2. One person believes the proposition, the other disbelieves it

Question 3

What makes a belief rational?

Answer 3

supported by evidence

Question 4

What makes a belief irrational?

Answer 4

not supported by evidence

Question 5

True or false: A belief can be rational but false

Answer 5

True: E.g. misusing evidence

Question 6

True or false: a belief can be irrational but true

Answer 6

True. E.g. a lucky guess

Question 7

Knowledge involves:

Answer 7

1. Belief
2. Truth
3. Rationality

Question 8

True or false: Rational belief is person relative

Answer 8

True. It depends on one’s evidence

Question 9

True or false: Truth is person relative

Answer 9

False. It depends on the world, not the individual

Question 10

What is fallibilism?

Answer 10

The view that rational belief is not the same as true belief

Question 11

What is truth?

Answer 11

Truth is an objective, one-value true or false answer

Question 12

What is rationality?

Answer 12

Rationality is subjective, context-based and requires evidence