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PHIL 201 Quiz 4 (2019) • Question 1 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that epistemologists are generally hesitant to accept testimony as a source of knowle... dge: • Question 2 3 out of 3 points Hume was an example of a: • Question 3 3 out of 3 points For Hume, which of the following would be a matter of fact: • Question 4 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is NOT one of the five sources of knowledge listed in Dew & Foreman: • Question 5 3 out of 3 points Plato’s forms exist apart from the physical objects that they represent in the world experienced by our senses. • Question 6 3 out of 3 points The statement, “I know how to play the xylophone” is an example of propositional knowledge. • Question 7 3 out of 3 points “To affirm that something as true in a propositional form” is the definition of • Question 8 The one below that is NOT one of the necessary criteria for the traditional definition of knowledge: • Question 9 3 out of 3 points According to the pointecast presentation on truth theories, Coherence is a sufficient condition for truth, but it is not a necessary condition for truth. • Question 10 3 out of 3 points Plato develops the traditional view of knowledge in one particular book of his. What is the title of that specific book by Plato? (Note: “Complete Works” is not the answer.) Selected Answer: The Theaetetus • Question 11 Gettier examples are aimed at showing that JTB is not a necessary condition of truth. • Question 12 3 out of 3 points As long as justification is present, one can be assured that he/she has real knowledge. • Question 13 3 out of 3 points The problem with “True Opinion” is that: • Question 14 3 out of 3 points Epistemology is concerned with all the following types of questions except: • Question 15 3 out of 3 points In response to the Gettier Problem, Keith Lerher and Thomas Paxson revise JTB as: • Question 16 3 out of 3 points According to Dew and Foreman, if something exists, then something must be true of about the things that exists. • Question 17 For a statement to be true, it need not correspond to reality, it need only be consistent with everything else that we believe to be true. • Question 18 3 out of 3 points In coherentist theories of truth, the primary concern is how well (or consistently) one belief fits with all the other beliefs within the system. • Question 19 3 out of 3 points Since coherentism and pragmatism fail as definitions of truth, we should refrain form using them as tests for truth. • Question 20 3 out of 3 points Which of the following is not one of the reasons Dew and Foreman give to show that truth really does exist. [Show More]

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