philosophy key terminology 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? PhilosophyepistemologyASAQA Created by: TashaChloCreated on: 10-12-14 17:22 analytic true or false just in terms of words or numbers themselves 1 of 19 contingent true, but can be imagined not to be true 2 of 19 introspection reflecting on our own personal thoughts and feelings 3 of 19 a posteriori have to go out into the world and check it 4 of 19 a prioir something known through logic and reason alone 5 of 19 necessarily false false in all possible worlds 6 of 19 necessarily true true in all possible worlds 7 of 19 proposition statement 8 of 19 synthetic a statement about the outside world that needs checking 9 of 19 tautology same thing said differently 10 of 19 uninformative proposition same as tautology - nothing new learnt 11 of 19 veridical fact 12 of 19 cogito ergo sum descartes; i think therefore i am 13 of 19 deductive argument if the premises are true then the conclusion must be true 14 of 19 inductive argument if the premises are true the conclusion could still be false 15 of 19 emipricism theory that all knowledge comes from sense experience 16 of 19 rationalism we have some innate ideas already when we are born 17 of 19 innate ideas ideas that at present from birth 18 of 19 tabula rasa lockes' idea of a blank slate at birth 19 of 19
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