Exam 1

Question 0

What does an assertion suggest?

Answer 0

That the speaker/writer is convinced of the truth of the stated claim.

Question 1

What is the definition of an assertion?

Answer 1

To declare a particular claim without qualification.

Question 2

What is the definition of Denial?

Answer 2

To declare the opposite (or the falsity) of a particular claim without qualification.

Question 3

Give a denial to the following assertion:

I locked my keys in my car

Answer 3

I didn’t lock my keys in my car.

Question 4

What is the definition of a contradiction?

Answer 4

To assert and deny the same claim at the same time.

Question 5

What is the definition of Coherence?

Answer 5

A relationship between two or more claims (or beliefs) such that they are logically compatible with one another; an absence of contradiction between two or more claims/beliefs.

Question 6

What is the meaning of Epistemology?

Answer 6

Study/Theory of Knowledge

Question 7

What is knowledge

Answer 7

Knowledge is a belief about which we are certain. Certainty as the impossibility of error. (Not wrong about)

Question 8

What is knowledge (in regards to Epistemology)

Answer 8

Knowledge is often considered a special kind of belief.

Question 9

How is knowledge different to other beliefs? (in regards to Epistemology)

Answer 9

Knowledge is a justified true belief. (Plato’s Definition)

Question 10

What is the flaw with Plato’s definition of Knowledge?

Answer 10

In Plato’s definition, the relationship between the subject and object.