EPST: Understanding Reality Flashcards
What is Epistemology?
It answers major questions and deals with the criteria and validity of human knowledge
What is JTB?
Justified True Belief
What is belief?
something we hold to be true (subjective affirmation)
What is Knowledge?
knowledge is justifiable–evidence points to it.
How to we nice justifications for out belief/knowledge
evidence, logic, testimony, emotions
are all of the sources ranked the same?
no they are ranked differently for each person.
is justified belief sufficient?
no because it misses the objective component of truth
what is truth?
it is reflective of reality
what three things does knowledge consist of
the knower, the known, the cause
What about humans points to a creator
we are self-reflecting, rational, and subjective. we also exist and have morals that require a creator who is moral and exists.
Mancan know but that knowledge is —-?
falible
what are the four sources of knowledge?
Experience, reason, testimony, revelation
What is experience (knowledge)?
acquiring knowledge through the senses and actions (which my be formative)
What is reason (knowledge)?
evaluation and interpretation of experiences (subjective person to person)
What is testimony (knowledge)?
the experience and reason of others communicated to us.
