What Is knowledge?

Question 1

What are the 3 types of knowledge?

Answer 1

Propositional,
acquaintance
Practical

Question 2

What do behaviourists argue?

Answer 2

Everything boils down to practical knowledge. All propositional knowledge are just kinds of know how.

Question 3

Why do some people argue that everything is built up of knowledge by acquaintance?

Answer 3

We need to have senses and know about colors, sights, tastes etc in order to know anything at all. If we had no acquaintance with senses we couldn’t learn anything.

Question 4

What did Plato say about why true beliefs aren’t knowledge?

Answer 4

They need a tether, otherwise they are unreliable. You can judge correctly what the way is to somewhere, but it may just be luck and this isn’t knowing

Question 5

Give 2 examples of Gettier problems

Answer 5

Smith and Jones and the interview- Smith thinks Jones will get the job and he has 10 coins in his pocket. He believes the man who has the coins will get the job. Smith gets the job and has 10 coins in his pocket.

Pyromaniac- knows his marchers have been reliable and conditions are good. However, there were impurities and it wouldn’t have lit it if it wasn’t for the Q radiation