Epistemology ToK 1

What is epistemology?

• The theory of knowledge
• The theory of right action and the greater good
• The study of the fundamental nature of reality
• The study of the meaning and nature of religion

Who wrote "The Allegory of the Cave"?

• Plato
• Descartes
• Hume 
• Kant

If I have ______________of certain facts, I believe certain _______________ to be true.

A belief is...

• something that is the case in the world. It cannot be true or false, they just are

• a thought about the world. Can be true or false.

• a statement about the world. Can be true or false

A proposition is...

• a statement about the world. Can be true or false.

  
  

• a thought about the world. Can be true or false.

• something that is the case in the world. It cannot be true or false, they just are

Acquaintance knowledge is...

• Knowing that

• Knowing of

• Knowing how

Ability knowledge is...

• Knowing how

• Knowing of

• Knowing that

Propositional knowledge is...

• Knowing how

• Knowing that

• Knowing of

IN which of Plato's dialogues do we find the definition of knowledge?

• Parmenides

• Euthyphro

• Meno

• Crito

Which of the following are both necessary and sufficient for knowledge, according to Plato? (tick all that apply)

• Proposition

• Belief

• True

• Justified