Metaphysics and Epistemology
Across
- 3. philosopher who came up with the myth of the cave
- 4. philosopher who contended with a demon deceiving him
- 7. knowledge acquired primarily through skill mastery
- 10. the invisible...response to the brain in a vat scenario
- 12. knowledge acquired primarily as facts in the form of statements
- 13. component of JTB theory of knowledge relating individual knowers to the world
- 14. component of the JTB theory of knowledge relating to the way the world is
- 15. the view knowledge depends primarily on experience
- 17. the study of questions about how the universe came into being
- 18. the situation where A is dependent on B but B is dependent on C and so indefinitely
Down
- 1. knowledge acquired primarily through acquaintance
- 2. a fundamental truth translated from Latin as "I think therefore I am"
- 5. a belief that does not rely on other beliefs for justification
- 6. philosopher who came up with examples showing the JTB explanation of knowledge has problems
- 8. the view knowledge depends primarily on reason
- 9. component of JTB theory of knowledge relating beliefs to other beliefs
- 11. the study of the theory of knowledge
- 16. the study of being and existence