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A collection of flashcards summarizing key concepts, terms, and theories related to epistemology and the nature of knowledge.
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Epistemology
Theory of knowledge, origins and nature.
Rationalism
Knowledge originating from reason and logic.
Empiricism
Sensory knowledge.
A priori knowledge
Knowledge acquired prior to experience and cannot be false.
Synthetic a priori
Conceptual schemes known prior to experience, used to make sense - also called implicit knowledge.
Tabula rasa
Theory of the mind beginning as a blank slate, filled with knowledge through experiences.
Skepticism
Belief that we can never truly know anything.
Noumenal and Phenomenal world
Noumenal refers to reality as it is, while phenomenal is how we perceive it.
Plato's JTB
For a statement to be true, it must be justified, true, and believed.
A posteriori knowledge
Knowledge derived from experience, such as scientific facts.
Hume's fork
Divides knowledge into two categories, knowledge that fits or is considered meaningless.
Deductive reasoning
Produces knowledge based on reasoning through two premises and a conclusion.
Inductive reasoning
Uses experience to make inferences with conclusions that do not guarantee certainty.
Correspondence theory
Truth is what propositions have when they correspond to reality.
Coherence theory
Truth recognized when a proposition is compatible with other propositions that are true.
Theory of forms
Consists of the real world and perfect conceptual ideas known as forms.
Plato's cave
Allegory describing the theory of forms and the epistemological interpretation of reality.
Dualism
The mind is an independently existing substance.
Monism
The mind and body are separate entities, not dependent on one another.
Qualia
Instances of subjective, conscious experience.
Pan psychism
A mind is a fundamental aspect of the world, existing throughout the universe.
Free will
The capacity of people to choose actions and be the ultimate source of their actions.
Determinism
The belief that all actions are caused by prior events and are therefore inevitable.
Zombie argument
If a physically identical human lacks inner feelings, then consciousness is not purely physical.
Compatibilists
View that free will holds as long as humans are not externally coerced.
Hard determinism
The acceptance of determinism only.
Metaphysical libertarians
Belief in free will and some form of indeterminism.
Incompatibilists
Belief that free will and determinism are incompatible.