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Phil 100 test 2
Phil 100 test 2
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
04/03/2011

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skepticism
Definition
knowledge is not possible, there is no rational justification for any claim of knowledge
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intuitive knowledge
Definition
Ex: eric knows Jimmi
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practical knowledge
Definition
ex: jimmi knows how to drive
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descriptive/ propositional knowledge
Definition
Jimi knows that he is driving
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epistemological turn
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view that epistemology is more fundamental than any other field of inquiry
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what does Descartes want to justify?
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beliefs with certainty in order to build a secure body of knowledge
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doubt everything until ideas are ______ & _________
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Clear & distinct
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foundationalist
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real knowledge requires foundational/ basic beliefs that are certain upon to build a body of knowledge with strong secure integrity
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what was Descarte's definition of a presentational reality
Definition
how an idea appears to me formally
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solopsism
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I can only know myself and my own mind; nothing else
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how does Descartes believe he will attain truth?
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if he only attends to the things that I understand perfectly
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Real knowledge only comes with...
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clear and distinct ideas
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Real knowledge only comes with...
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clear and distinct ideas
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gettier believes that knowledge is...
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jusitifed, true, belief
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After all of the ways that you could believe in God, what was the one way that Pascal believed would be most beneficial?
Definition
that we should chance it and assume that God exists and to be pious
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