Test Your Knowledge: Epistemology Take this quiz to test your understanding of the philosophical study of knowledge and belief. delya90 published on October 11, 20230 responses 0 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/11 What is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of knowledge? Epistemology Aesthetics Ethics Metaphysics 2/11 Which philosopher is commonly referred to as the father of modern epistemology? René Descartes Plato Aristotle Socrates 3/11 What is the term for knowledge that is justified, true, and believed? Propositional knowledge Intuition Deductive reasoning Subjective knowledge 4/11 Which theory of knowledge claims that knowledge is based on sense experience? Empiricism Rationalism Skepticism Pragmatism 5/11 What is the term for the view that knowledge is impossible in some areas? Skepticism Positivism Idealism Realism 6/11 According to Plato, what is the highest form of knowledge? Knowledge of the Forms Sense perception Opinion Intuition 7/11 Who developed the 'Gettier problem' to challenge the traditional definition of knowledge? Edmund Gettier David Hume John Locke Bertrand Russell 8/11 What is the term for the study of justified belief? Epistemology Ethics Logic Metaphysics 9/11 Which theory of knowledge asserts that knowledge is based on innate ideas? Rationalism Empiricism Utilitarianism Existentialism 10/11 What is the term for the fallacy of assuming that a proposition is true because many people believe it? Argumentum ad Populum Confirmation bias Appeal to Authority Begging the Question 11/11 Who famously declared 'I think, therefore I am' as a foundation for knowledge? René Descartes Immanuel Kant Friedrich Nietzsche Jean-Paul Sartre
