Exam 2: Plato Knowledge Is Recollection

For Astell, if the nature of the thing is such as that it admits of no undoubted premises to argue from, or at least we don't at present know of any, or that the conclusion does not necessarily follow as to give a perfect satisfaction to the mind and free it from all hesitation, that which we think of it is then called ..."

Longino advocates a research program in neuroscience and psychology proceeding on the assumption that humans do possess the capacities for self-consciousness, self-reflection, and self-determination.

Kant defines the term "knowledge a priori" as being ...

Koertge calls the process in which the results of the scientist's informal or private ruminations are submitted to public empirical testing and the critical scrutiny of the scientific community the context of discovery.

Gettier claims that, "First, in that sense of justified in which S's being justified in believing P is a necessary condition of S's knowing that P, it is possible for a person to be justified in believing a proposition that is in fact highly likely to be true."

The Epistemologist says, "While other epistemologists have been solemnly arguing such questions as whether a man can be wrong when he asserts that he believes such and such, I have discovered how to settle such questions experimentally." The Epistemologist claims that he does this by constructing a flow chart of the person's ideas.

What does Aristotle mean when he says that "the soul is a place of forms or ideas . . . that the forms are there not in actuality, but potentially"?

Explain Descartes's analysis of the "piece of wax" example, and what he concludes from that analysis.

For Aristotle, the faculties of sense require instruction, whereas the intellect has intuitive knowledge.

According to Zagzebski, "The point of reflection is to increase the trustworthiness of our faculties, but we can only do that by using those same faculties in an especially careful and directed way." Do you think that reflection can increase the trustworthiness of our faculties? Explain your answer.

For Kant, there are two infallible tests for distinguishing pure from empirical knowledge, and they are inseparably connected with each other. What are they?

Hume says, "The contrary of every matter of fact is still possible; because ..."

Aristotle holds that we cannot conceive the intellect "to be mixed with the body, for in that case it would acquire some particular quality, for example, cold or heat."

For Koertge, "it would seem obvious that the overriding professional goal of science is to discover useful theories."

In the tale, the narrator locates the building where Harry was being held, only to find an operating room and a surgical team giving Harry a new face.

Peirce says, "The person who confesses that there is such a thing as truth, which is distinguished from falsehood simply by this, that if acted on it should, on full consideration, carry us to the point we aim at and not astray."

Descartes concludes at the end of Meditation II that "It is impossible to defeat the principle of skepticism."

Descartes uses his analysis of the example of a piece of wax to conclude, "I cannot apprehend it without possessing a human mind."

For Kant, the statement, "All bodies are extended," is ...

According to Zagzebski, "The point of reflection is to increase the trustworthiness of our faculties, but we can only do that by using those same faculties in an especially careful and directed way."