Epistemology - The Nature of Knowledge 2 Markers 0.0 / 5 ? PhilosophyThe Nature of KnowledgeASAQA Created by: legendofsophieCreated on: 15-05-16 14:54 A Posteriori Knowledge of propositions that can only be known to be true or false through sense experience. 1 of 6 Analytic Knowledge of propositions that do not require (sense) experience to be known to be true or false. 2 of 6 Synthetic A proposition that is not analytic, but true or false depending on how the world is. 3 of 6 Contingent A proposition that could be either true or false, a state of affairs that may or may not hold, depending on how the world actually is. 4 of 6 Necessary A proposition that must be true (or if false, it must be false); a state of affairs that must hold. 5 of 6 Hume's Fork We can have knowledge of just two sorts of claim: the relations between ideas and matters of fact 6 of 6
Assess the view that the knowledge must have its origin outside of sense experience. 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating
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