Exam 3: Knowing Vs Thinking

Locke claims that secondary qualities are mind independent.

What is the relativist theory of truth? What reasons might someone give for thinking this is the right account of truth? Are these reasons persuasive in your view? Why or why not?

Imagine you have a library book, which you believe is due to be returned in one week. You get a letter from the library saying that the book is already overdue. You say, "No way. This letterhead is totally fake. It doesn't look like a real note from the library at all." Your objection is based on

Mathematics is generally

By the end of the First Meditation, Descartes has convinced himself that he is being deceived by a malicious demon.

Does Strawson think that every specific inductive way of finding out about the world is justified? Explain.

We can have knowledge of the external world according to Locke.

According to Locke, we can be certain that external objects cause our ideas because

According to Hume, all ideas have their source in

According to Socrates, learning is

In response to Meno's opening question about virtue, Socrates responds that

Besides conscientious belief and trust, what are some other values that Zagzebski says we hold when it comes to our beliefs?

Haack says that inquiry in one field may be totally separate from inquiry in another field.

What is the significance of the distinction between specific ways of finding out about the world and the inductive method?

According to Ayer, knowledge requires that true beliefs are arrived at on the basis of

Consider something that you know. How do you know it? Can you give an answer to the question? And how does your answer (or inability to give one) bear on your claim of knowledge?

Meno defines virtue as

Inquiry goes better when there is what Haack calls "intellectual integrity," which is when

Do you find Gettier's case compelling? Why or why not?

According to Russel, __________ are sensations.