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20 questions
01
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1 point

Maya knows that water freezes at 0°C under standard atmospheric pressure. Which kind of knowledge is this?

  1. A

    Propositional knowledge

  2. B

    Practical knowledge

  3. C

    Knowledge by acquaintance

  4. D

    A justified true belief

02
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1 point

Jon can ride a bicycle skillfully but cannot explain the mechanics of balancing. Which kind of knowledge does his ability most directly demonstrate?

  1. A

    Propositional knowledge

  2. B

    Practical knowledge

  3. C

    Knowledge by acquaintance

  4. D

    Knowledge based only on a true guess

03
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1 point

Which example best illustrates knowledge by acquaintance?

  1. A

    Knowing that a claim about a city is true

  2. B

    Knowing how to navigate a city

  3. C

    Being directly familiar with a city through having visited it

  4. D

    Believing a claim about a city because it is popular

04
True or false
1 point

True or false: Someone who has visited a city may be acquainted with it and also know propositions about it.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

05
Written response
1 point

In the justified-true-belief account, what condition is met when a person's belief is supported by adequate evidence or formed through an appropriate method?

06
Choose all
1 point

Select all the conditions that the traditional justified-true-belief account requires for a person to know a proposition.

  1. A

    The proposition is true.

  2. B

    The person believes the proposition.

  3. C

    The person feels completely certain.

  4. D

    The person is justified in believing the proposition.

07
Fill in the blank
1 point

The proposal that a belief is not knowledge when its justification essentially depends on a false assumption is called the .

08
True or false
1 point

True or false: Philosophers have settled on one response to the Gettier problem that resolves every version of it.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

09
Written response
1 point

What name is given to approaches that connect knowledge to a person's reliable intellectual abilities, such as careful observation or sound reasoning?

10
Fill in the blank
1 point

The proposal that a belief should vary appropriately with the truth—for example, that the person would not hold it if it were false—is called .

11
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1 point

In the stopped-clock case, why does Priya's true, apparently justified belief that it is 3:00 seem not to count as knowledge?

  1. A

    Priya does not believe what the clock displays.

  2. B

    The clock is known to be unreliable, so Priya has no apparent justification.

  3. C

    The clock's correct reading is coincidental, so the truth of Priya's belief depends on luck.

  4. D

    The time displayed by a clock cannot be a proposition.

12
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1 point

A philosopher evaluates a belief by asking whether the process that produced it tends to yield true beliefs. Which response to the Gettier problem does this illustrate?

  1. A

    The person can identify and explain strong evidence for the belief.

  2. B

    The belief was produced by a process that tends to yield true beliefs.

  3. C

    The belief is familiar to the person from direct experience.

  4. D

    The belief is true, regardless of how it was formed.

13
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1 point

Select all the proposals described as possible ways to improve on the justified-true-belief account.

  1. A

    Exclude beliefs whose justification essentially depends on a false assumption.

  2. B

    Require that the belief be produced by a truth-conducive process.

  3. C

    Require the belief to vary appropriately with the truth.

  4. D

    Connect knowledge to reliable intellectual abilities such as careful observation.

14
Open ended
1 point

Explain why Priya's stopped-clock case challenges the claim that truth, belief, and justification are always sufficient for knowledge.

15
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1 point

Sam can ride a bicycle skillfully but cannot explain the mechanics of balancing. Which kind of knowledge does Sam demonstrate most directly?

  1. A

    Practical knowledge

  2. B

    Propositional knowledge

  3. C

    Knowledge by acquaintance

16
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1 point

Which example most clearly illustrates knowledge by acquaintance rather than knowledge of facts about a place?

  1. A

    Knowing that Paris has a major river

  2. B

    Knowing how to use a map of Paris

  3. C

    Knowing Paris through having visited it

17
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1 point

Nora knows that the library is open. Which description best classifies the kind of knowledge Nora has in this example?

  1. A

    Practical knowledge, because it concerns an activity

  2. B

    Propositional knowledge, because it concerns whether a claim is true

  3. C

    Knowledge by acquaintance, because it concerns a familiar place

18
True or false
1 point

Gettier cases challenge the claim that truth, belief, and justification, taken together, are always sufficient for knowledge; they do not show that these conditions are irrelevant.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

19
Written response
1 point

What is the name of the approach that treats a belief as knowledge when it is produced by a process that tends to yield true beliefs?

20
Written response
1 point

What is the name of the requirement that a belief would vary appropriately with the truth—for example, that the person would not hold it if it were false?