epistemology t1

ability knowledge

knowing how to do something

belief

affirmation of, or conviction regarding, the truth of a proposition

epistemology

study of knowledge - belief, justification and certainty

justification

What is offered as grounds for believing an assertion.

propositions

declarative statements that can be true or false

propositional knowledge

Knowing 'that' some claim - a proposition - is true or false

tripartite view of knowledge

Justified, true belief is necessary and sufficient for propositional knowledge

deductive argument

an argument that reasons from known premises to an inevitable conclusion

invalid deductive argument

premises are true but lead us to a false conclusion

inductive argument

argument whose argument conclusion is supported by its premise

acquaintance knowledge

involves direct contact with something in experience

zagzebski's theory

knowledge is belief arising from "acts of intellectual virtue."