Exam 7: The Problem of Skepticism and Knowledge

Epistemology is the study of the nature of reality.

When I say I know something, I do not always have to believe what I claim to know.

Hume claims that we can't justify induction by appeal to experience because

According to Descartes, knowledge requires certainty.

Goldman's Fake Barns thought experiment is intended to show that the causal theory of knowledge is inadequate.

By means of his method of doubt, Descartes shows that there is one thing we can know with certainty-namely, that we cannot know anything with certainty.

The Demented Mrs. Grabit thought experiment is intended to show that

Which of the following wouldnot be considered a primary quality by Locke?

Cognitive subjectivism fails because it

Descartes method of doubt is designed to reveal,

An a priori statement is one whose truth/falsity can be known without having to appeal to experience.

Mathematical propositions (e.g., 7 + 5 = 12) are known a priori because their truth or falsity can be known without having to appeal to sense experience.

The theory that sensations are caused by external objects and that some of those sensations resemble the qualities of those objects.

Which of the following is an a priori proposition?

According to Berkeley, we can never bridge the gap between appearance and reality.

The defeasibility theory adds a further condition to the standard account of knowledge, namely, that

"Mermaids have fins" is not an analytic proposition because mermaids do not exist.

According to the "problem of induction" identified by Hume, we cannot use induction to show that the future will resemble the past because

The theory that talk of all things is reducible to talk of sensations.

Lehrer's Human Thermometer thought experiment is intended to show that reliably produced TRUE belief is an adequate account of knowledge.