Epistemology

What is Epistemology? Click all that apply

• The study of reality

• The study of arguments

• The study of knowledge

• The study of truth

A person who regards human reason as the principal source of all knowledge. (click all that apply)

• empiricist

• rationalist

• a posteriori

• a priori

a person who supports the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. (click all that apply)

• a posteriori

• a priori

• empiricist

• rationalist

__________ and ____________ are known to be rationalists and believed that reason is the primary source of knowledge.

• Descartes

• Locke

• Aristotle

• Plato

__________ and __________ are known to be empiricists.

• Plato

• Locke

• Descartes

• Aristotle

______ believes that consciousness is a mental activity that uses both reason and sense perception.

• Plato

• Locke

• Kant

• None of the above

________ believed that both reason and the senses play an important role in acquiring knowledge.

• Aristotle

• Descartes

• Locke

• All of the above

________ believed that the senses are the primary source of knowledge.

• Locke

• Plato

• Descartes

• None of the above

At the bottom of the triangle. It is considered the least reliable, they can be uninformed. However, they are the most used and can't be T or F.

• opinion

• belief

• knowledge

At the middle of the triangle. Considered the second-most reliable. They can be either T or F. For example, "I believe my car is parked on Main St."

• knowledge

• opinion

• belief