definitions Flashcards
(19 cards)
knowledge
justified, true belief
deductive
general to specific
inductive
specific to general
areas of knowledge
disciplines in which knowledge may be based
ways of knowing
traits which knowers can possess through which the knowers obtain and manipulate knowledge
barnum statement (also known as the forer effect)
the term given to a statement about a person that they believe correctly describes them (eg horoscope) but is is actually a general description that could apply to almost anyone
cargo cults
quasi-religious movements situated in Pacific Islands that revered the material goods of western colonisers
coherence theory of truth
something is true if it matches up to what we know to make sense
consensus theory of truth
something is true if a majority or large number of people agree that it is true
constructed languages
languages that have been ‘artificially’ created
epistemology
a fancy term for TOK.
used for courses that deal with ideas and thinking on the way we acquire and use knowledge
knowledge by acquaintance
anything we know from personal experience
knowledge by description
knowledge we know from being told by other people
the pragmatic truth test
something is true if it works for us
qualitative data
anything that gives us subjective information, that may involve values & opinions
serendipity
an accidental discovery or event that leads to a positive benefit for the person
somatic marker hypothesis
emotional experiences we have in our lives leave a chemical trace behind in our brain, and these chemicals are unconsciously accessed when we are faced with a similar event again, helping us to find a resolution
Tabula Rasa (blank slate)
Locke’s idea that we are born without any a priori knowledge, & that we build up knowledge about the world as we experience it.
denotation
literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
