Test Your Knowledge on Epistemology! Challenge yourself with this quiz on the study of knowledge, belief, and justification in philosophy. delya90 published on November 20, 20232 responses 0 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/10 Which philosopher is famously associated with the phrase 'I think, therefore I am'? Immanuel Kant Rene Descartes John Locke Plato 2/10 What is the opposite of epistemology? Metaphysics Ethics Aesthetics Nescience 3/10 What is the branch of epistemology that deals with the limits of human knowledge? Epistemic relativism Epistemic skepticism Epistemic justification Epistemic optimism 4/10 What is the term used to describe knowledge that is justified, true, and believed? Analytic knowledge Pragmatic knowledge A priori knowledge Epistemic knowledge 5/10 Who is often considered the founder of empiricism? David Hume Thomas Hobbes Francis Bacon George Berkeley 6/10 What is the term for knowledge that is gained through personal experience? A priori knowledge A posteriori knowledge Synthetic knowledge Evidential knowledge 7/10 Which theory of truth focuses on the correspondence between beliefs and reality? Coherence theory of truth Pragmatic theory of truth Correspondence theory of truth Constructivist theory of truth 8/10 What is the concept that refers to the belief that knowledge is ultimately uncertain or impossible? Rationalism Nihilism Skepticism Realism 9/10 Who proposed the 'Gettier problem', which challenges the traditional definition of knowledge? Donald Davidson Edmund Gettier Alvin Plantinga John Searle 10/10 What is the term used to describe knowledge that is obtained independently of experience? Synthetic knowledge A posteriori knowledge A priori knowledge Evidential knowledge
