WK 7 L1 Intro to psychology science

Question 1

Epistemology

Answer 1

Study of knowledge

Question 2

Knowledge

Answer 2

a justified true belief. that is it’s a belief that is held for good reasons and corresponds to reality

Question 3

Acquiring knowledge

Answer 3

process of gaining new belief’s and justifying them

Question 4

4 Epistemological justifications

Answer 4

intuition, authority, rationalism and empiricism

Question 5

acquiring knowledge- complex

Answer 5

rationalism and empiricism

Question 6

Acquiring knowledge-simple

Answer 6

intuition and authority

Question 7

scienceAuthorit cons

Answer 7

fake authorities, testimonials, authorities may be wrong or relying on bad sources

Question 8

Authority pros

Answer 8

some things can’t be known through other means, trust people all the time to get on with daily lives, takes too long to know everything

Question 9

Intuition pros

Answer 9

tends to be beneficial, reduces cognitive load

Question 10

intuition cons

Answer 10

common sense is often wrong,

Question 11

Rationalism pros

Answer 11

leads to the truth if premises are correct

Question 12

rationalism cons

Answer 12

how do we determine what premises are correct?, what if two people arrive at diff conclusions, some things you can’t rationalize

Question 13

Empiricism pros

Answer 13

gives us a way to check our premises and conclusion, observation serves as a way to develop premises, allows for brute force checks

Question 14

Empiricism cons

Answer 14

not everything can be observed, impossible to observe all instances, doesn’t mean all future instances will happen that way

Question 15

Empiricism

Answer 15

relying on observation to acquire knowledge

Question 16

Rationalism

Answer 16

using reason and logic to acquire knowledge

Question 17

Intuition

Answer 17

relying on common sense or gut feelings to acquire knowledge

Question 18

Authority

Answer 18

relying on experts, using info given to you by someone else to acquire knowledge

Question 19

the scientific method is a combination of …

Answer 19

rationalism and empiricism