Philosophy 12 - What is True?

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12 Terms

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Rationalism

Knowledge based on reason

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Empiricism

Knowledge based on experience

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The presuppositions of knowledge

Acknowledging that there are two kinds of truth

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Innate ideas

Ideas we assume from birth

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Rationalists believe…

Deny that all truth depends on senses and that we have some but not all knowledge from birth

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Empiricists believe…

The mind is born a blank canvas

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Epistemology

The theory of knowledge

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When is a belief true

If it corresponds with facts

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Empirical truth

True because of experience

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Contingent truth

A statement that is currently true but could be false under different circumstances

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Necessary truth

A statement that is always true no matter what circumstances

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Knowledge is..

Justified true belief