Read  How Do You Know? A Short Introduction to the Issues of Epistemology, “Where Does Knowledge Come From?” As you do, consider the following questions and points:

·         List the 5 sources for knowledge.

·         Explain Plato’s doctrine of the forms and the 2 worlds, and why Plato was hesitant to build a theory of knowledge on the physical world.

·         How do we gain true knowledge according to Plato?

·         Explain Plato’s divided line.

·         What was Descartes searching for and how did he conduct that search?

·         Why can Descartes be certain about is existence?

·         What is the distinction between hard and soft empiricism?

·         How does the epicurean view of reality affect their epistemology?

·         Contrast the deductive method with Bacon’s inductive (scientific) method.

·         Explain Locke’s empiricism including his division of simple and complex ideas.

·         Explain Hume’s radical empiricism including Hume’s Fork and the conclusion he reaches based on the egocentric predicament.

·         Why are epistemologists suspicious of testimony as a source for knowledge?

·         Why is divine revelation an important source of knowledge about God?

·         Is faith properly understood as a source of knowledge? Why or why not?

Read How Do You Know? A Short Introduction to the Issues of Epistemology, “Where Does Knowledge Come From?” As you do, consider the following questions and points:

·         List the 5 sources for knowledge.

·         Explain Plato’s doctrine of the forms and the 2 worlds, and why Plato was hesitant to build a theory of knowledge on the physical world.

·         How do we gain true knowledge according to Plato?

·         Explain Plato’s divided line.

·         What was Descartes searching for and how did he conduct that search?

·         Why can Descartes be certain about is existence?

·         What is the distinction between hard and soft empiricism?

·         How does the epicurean view of reality affect their epistemology?

·         Contrast the deductive method with Bacon’s inductive (scientific) method.

·         Explain Locke’s empiricism including his division of simple and complex ideas.

·         Explain Hume’s radical empiricism including Hume’s Fork and the conclusion he reaches based on the egocentric predicament.

·         Why are epistemologists suspicious of testimony as a source for knowledge?

·         Why is divine revelation an important source of knowledge about God?

·         Is faith properly understood as a source of knowledge? Why or why not?

Read and take notes on  How Do You Know? A Short Introduction to the Issues of Epistemology, “Where Does Knowledge Come From?” As you do, consider the following questions and points:

·         List the 5 sources for knowledge.

·         Explain Plato’s doctrine of the forms and the 2 worlds, and why Plato was hesitant to build a theory of knowledge on the physical world.

·         How do we gain true knowledge according to Plato?

·         Explain Plato’s divided line.

·         What was Descartes searching for and how did he conduct that search?

·         Why can Descartes be certain about is existence?

·         What is the distinction between hard and soft empiricism?

·         How does the epicurean view of reality affect their epistemology?

·         Contrast the deductive method with Bacon’s inductive (scientific) method.

·         Explain Locke’s empiricism including his division of simple and complex ideas.

·         Explain Hume’s radical empiricism including Hume’s Fork and the conclusion he reaches based on the egocentric predicament.

·         Why are epistemologists suspicious of testimony as a source for knowledge?

·         Why is divine revelation an important source of knowledge about God?

·         Is faith properly understood as a source of knowledge? Why or why not?