Epistemology

What are the three types of knowledge

Acquaintance, ability, propositional

What is acquaintance knowledge

knowledge of someone or something

What is ability knowledge

Knowledge how to do a skill

What is propositional knowledge

Knowledge that something is true

How does Zagzebski define knowlege

A highly valued state in which a person in cognitive contact with reality

What is the tripartite view of knowledge(S knows p iff. )

S knows p iff. 

p is true

S believes p

S has justification for believing p

These conditions are individually necessary and jointly sufficientW

What is JTB

justified true belief(the tripartite view)`

What example is given to critique the belief condition

Radford - Queen elizabeth hjistory test

What concept is used to shore up the truth condition against changing evidence

Kuhn’s paradigm shifts

What thought experiment counters the joint sufficiency of the tripartite view

Gettier cases

How do gettier cases work

By exploiting the justification condition

What is the no false lemmas definition of knowledge

S knows p iff.

p is true

S believes p

S’ belief that p is justified

S’ belief that p isn’t based on false premises

What two ideas counter NFL

fake barn county, and infinite regress

What is infinite regress

It is impossible to determine absolutely whether a belief is true, as it is based on other beliefs, which are themselves based on other beliefs. This belief chain continues indefinitely

Reliabilism system of knowledge

S knows p iff.

p is true

S believes p

S’ belief that p was formed on a reliable cognitive process

Virtue Epistemology

S knows p iff.

p is true

S believes p

S’ belief that p is apt (accurate and adroit)

What is epistemic luck

lucky true belief

What is the purpose of the justification condition in the tripartite view

To eliminate epistemic luck