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Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 2 Epistemology The Theory Of Knowledge Quiz 6 (25 MCQs)

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1. "Tripartite" means .....

Correct Answer: A) It has three parts to it.

2. The philosophy that states that knowledge comes from reason, or thinking, and that people must have some degree of innate ideas

Correct Answer: B) Rationalism.

3. What does reliabilism in its simplest form state about a belief?

Correct Answer: A) A belief is justified if it is produced by a reliable psychological process.

4. Which of the following is NOT a type of feminist?

Correct Answer: B) Ontological feminist.

5. Propositional knowledge is .....

Correct Answer: B) Knowing that.

6. What is the key principle of "Ockham's Razor" ?

Correct Answer: B) Often the simplest answer is the correct one.

7. What is the main focus of rationalism in epistemology?

Correct Answer: B) Knowledge derived from logical reasoning.

8. Which best describes "infallibilism" ?

Correct Answer: A) Beliefs must be infallible to be knowledge.

9. Relativism

Correct Answer: C) Limits to and the possibility of achieving certain Knowledge.

10. Was 'Gettier' for or against the tripartite definition of knowledge?

Correct Answer: A) Against.

11. What is a necessary truth?

Correct Answer: D) Something that is always true (often definitionally).

12. An argument which uses observations first to make a "rough" or "most likely" and simple conclusion is called what?

Correct Answer: B) Abductive.

13. Which of the following is considered a reliable process according to reliabilism?

Correct Answer: D) Identifying objects by visual observation.

14. Pragmatic epistemology

Correct Answer: A) Knowledge is identified with models aiming to represent the reality in such a way as to maximally simplify problem-solving.

15. Dogmatism

Correct Answer: C) Limits to and the possibility of achieving certain Knowledge.

16. Which belief system denies the existence of God? / Sistem kepercayaan manakah yang menafikan kewujudan Tuhan?

Correct Answer: B) Atheism / Atheisme.

17. What is one thing skeptics are sure of?

Correct Answer: B) Their own existence.

18. A belief is .....

Correct Answer: B) A thought about the world. Can be true or false.

19. What is the core of Correspondence Theory?

Correct Answer: D) True if it matches reality or fact.

20. Origin word of Epistemology term

Correct Answer: A) Episteme, logos.

21. This is the main critisism of "Reliabilism"

Correct Answer: A) Reliability is highly subjective and therefore debatable. E.g. someone might think information on the news is a reliable source and someone else might think the news is bias.

22. What is the knowledge we gain from experience?

Correct Answer: B) A posteriori knowledge.

23. What's a "lemma" ?

Correct Answer: C) A claim made part way through an argument.

24. Example of intuitive knowledge

Correct Answer: B) Four is more than two.

25. What is the core of Pragmatic Theory?

Correct Answer: A) True if it is useful or works in practice.

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