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Epistemic Reliability: The Gettier Problem

Epistemic Reliability: The Gettier Problem

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the central idea of the Gettier Problem?

  1. Knowledge requires certainty.
  2. Knowledge requires justification.
  3. Knowledge requires truth.
  4. Knowledge requires all of the above.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is credited with formulating the Gettier Problem?

  1. Edmund Gettier
  2. Bertrand Russell
  3. Ludwig Wittgenstein
  4. John Locke
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main argument of the Gettier Problem?

  1. There are cases where a person can have a justified true belief but still not know something.
  2. There are cases where a person can have a true belief but not know something.
  3. There are cases where a person can have a justified belief but not have a true belief.
  4. There are cases where a person can know something without having a justified true belief.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is an example of a Gettier case?

  1. A person believes that it is raining because they see raindrops falling, but it is actually a sprinkler system.
  2. A person believes that their friend is at home because they saw their car in the driveway, but their friend is actually on vacation.
  3. A person believes that they won the lottery because they received a letter in the mail saying they did, but the letter is actually a scam.
  4. All of the above.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are some of the philosophical implications of the Gettier Problem?

  1. It calls into question the traditional tripartite definition of knowledge.
  2. It suggests that knowledge is not as reliable as we thought.
  3. It raises doubts about the possibility of objective knowledge.
  4. All of the above.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How have philosophers responded to the Gettier Problem?

  1. They have proposed new definitions of knowledge.
  2. They have argued that the Gettier Problem is not a genuine problem.
  3. They have developed new theories of justification.
  4. All of the above.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is one of the most common responses to the Gettier Problem?

  1. The No True Scotsman fallacy.
  2. The infallibility of perception.
  3. The internalism/externalism debate.
  4. The reliabilism/foundationalism debate.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the No True Scotsman fallacy?

  1. A logical fallacy that occurs when someone changes the definition of a term in order to exclude an unwanted example.
  2. A logical fallacy that occurs when someone assumes that something is true because it is widely believed.
  3. A logical fallacy that occurs when someone appeals to emotion in order to support their argument.
  4. A logical fallacy that occurs when someone uses a circular argument.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the infallibility of perception?

  1. The view that our senses are always reliable.
  2. The view that our senses are sometimes reliable.
  3. The view that our senses are never reliable.
  4. The view that our senses are reliable only when they are used in conjunction with reason.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the internalism/externalism debate?

  1. A debate about whether knowledge is justified true belief that is produced by a reliable process.
  2. A debate about whether knowledge is justified true belief that is based on indubitable foundations.
  3. A debate about whether knowledge is a mental state or a physical state.
  4. A debate about whether knowledge is acquired through experience or through reason.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the reliabilism/foundationalism debate?

  1. A debate about whether knowledge is justified true belief that is produced by a reliable process.
  2. A debate about whether knowledge is justified true belief that is based on indubitable foundations.
  3. A debate about whether knowledge is a mental state or a physical state.
  4. A debate about whether knowledge is acquired through experience or through reason.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main criticism of reliabilism?

  1. It is too narrow a definition of knowledge.
  2. It is too broad a definition of knowledge.
  3. It is circular.
  4. It is question-begging.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the main criticism of foundationalism?

  1. It is too narrow a definition of knowledge.
  2. It is too broad a definition of knowledge.
  3. It is circular.
  4. It is question-begging.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Has the Gettier Problem been solved?

  1. Yes.
  2. No.
  3. It is still being debated.
  4. It is unsolvable.
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