Processing math: 100%
Skip to main content
Library homepage
 

Text Color

Text Size

 

Margin Size

 

Font Type

Enable Dyslexic Font
Humanities LibreTexts

7.7: Review Questions

( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\)

7.1 What Epistemology Studies

1. Why is epistemology considered a normative discipline?
2. Why is conceptual analysis important in epistemology?
3. What is the difference between a priori and a posteriori knowledge?
4. What is propositional knowledge?

7.2 Knowledge

5. What is Plato’s account of knowledge?
6. What is a Gettier case?
7. Offer one Gettier case and explain how it works.

7.3 Justification

8. Explain the difference between internal and external theories of justification.
9. Describe the similarities and differences between coherentism and foundationalism.
10. Explain how justification is fallible.

7.4 Skepticism

11. What is global skepticism?
12. Offer and explain a skeptical hypothesis.
13. How do arguments for skepticism rely on the notion of doubt?

7.5 Applied Epistemology

14. Define applied epistemology.
15. Why are knowledge and justification a social matter?
16. Define testimonial injustice and offer an example of it.

This page titled 7.7: Review Questions is shared under a CC BY 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Nathan Smith et al. (OpenStax) via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.

Support Center

How can we help?