Epistemology

Question 1

Philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge; deals with truth

Answer 1

Epistemology

Question 2

What is knowledge?

Answer 2

Justified True Belief (JTB)

Question 3

What do Gettier Cases show?

Answer 3

That some JTBs are true by luck, and therefore not true knowledge.

Question 4

Famous works of Descartes?

Answer 4

Discourse on the Method (“I think, therefore I am”), Meditations on First Philosophy.

Question 5

What is the First Meditation about?

Answer 5

Skepticism—doubting everything, especially senses; introduces the malicious demon.

Question 6

Main Points of the First Meditation

Answer 6

• Skepticism (doubt everything, especiallyour senses)
• Foundationalism (go back to the foundations
• Introduction of the Malicious Demon

Question 7

What is the Second Meditation about?

Answer 7

Our existence is proven by the act of thinking (“I am, I exist”); includes the wax example and supports rationalism.

Question 8

The idea that the only thing we can be certain of is ourselves.

Answer 8

Solipsism

Question 9

Where do correct ideas come from according to Mao TseTung?

Answer 9

From social practice: struggle in production, class struggle, and scientific experiment.

Question 10

Stages in achieving correct ideas (Mao)?

Answer 10

1) Perception

2) Cognition

3) Social Practice (validation through immersion)

Question 11

Politica Ideology of Mao Tse-Tung

Answer 11

Maoism (Marxism-Leninism)