Epistemology Quiz

What is epistemology?

• The study of knowledge, belief, and justification

• The study of language and communication

• The study of reality and existence

• The study of ethics and morality

What is the definition of knowledge?

• Challenging our ability to have justified beliefs

• Justified true belief

• Accepting something as true or likely

• Reasons and evidence supporting beliefs

What is belief?

• Accepting something as true or likely

• The study of knowledge, belief, and justification

• Reasons and evidence supporting beliefs

• Challenging our ability to have justified beliefs

What is justification?

• Reasons and evidence supporting beliefs

• Accepting something as true or likely

• The study of knowledge, belief, and justification

• Challenging our ability to have justified beliefs

What does the Gettier problem challenge?

• The reliance on sensory experience

• The ability to have justified beliefs

• The reasons and evidence supporting beliefs

• The traditional definition of knowledge as justified true belief

To be a skeptic is to ____

• Challenge our ability to have justified beliefs

• Believe in everything without questioning

• Reject any idea or information without considering it at all

• Unquestionably trust everything you hear

What is empiricism?

• Belief that everything can be understood through faith alone

• Knowledge is gained through personal experiences and our senses

• We inherit all knowledge from prior generations

• Learning through textbooks and formal education

What is rationalism?

• Emotions are he sole basis for understanding the world

• Knowledge comes primarily through reasoning and logic

• Knowledge can only be aquired through religious teachings

• Knowledge is soley obtained through physical experimentation