PHIL 450A

End of Class Question

 

Jan. 8, 2013:  Explain why the example of the impressionable juror is a counterexample to the definition of Knowledge as True Belief.  In your explanation, explain which half of the double arrow it is a counterexample to.

 

Jan. 10, 2013:  What is the point of the grue-bleen example?  Explain. 

 

Jan. 15, 2013:  Explain why “I exist” is not self-presenting. 

 

Jan. 17, 2013:  What is the boundary problem?  In your answer you must use a diagram in which you represent both causal and logical or quasi-logical relations.

 

Jan. 22, 2013:  As Prof. Talbott looks at the wall at the back of the room, what, according to Haack, is the content of his experiential C-evidence?

 

Jan. 24, 2013:  On Haack’s account, what would be necessary for Ben to be justified in believing his radioactivity sense was accurate?

 

Jan. 29, 2013:  Explain why Kant regards “All bodies have weight” as synthetic rather than analytic.

 

Jan. 31, 2013:  Explain why BonJour thinks that denying a priori rational insight would lead to intellectual suicide.

 

Feb. 5, 2013:  In-Class Quiz.

 

Feb. 7, 2013:  Which review question would you vote not to have on the midterm exam?

 

Feb. 14, 2013:  Explain World-to-Belief reliability and Belief-to-World reliability.

 

Feb. 19, 2013:  In your opinion, is the example of Mr. Truetemp an example of a justified belief?  Explain.

 

Feb. 21, 2013:  Consider the example of the coherent, white supremacist.  Are his beliefs in the superiority of the white race justified? Explain.

 

Feb. 26, 2013:  Explain Lehrer’s example of Mr. Raco.  In your opinion is Mr. Raco’s belief justified?  Explain.

 

Feb. 28, 2013:  Consider K ó AIVB.  Explain what you take to be the most persuasive counterexample to it and be sure to explain why it is a counterexample.

 

March 5, 2013:  What is Nozick’s explanation of the phenomenon of apparent a priori insight.  Use an example in which a person infers h from r in your explanation. 

 

March 7, 2013:  How would Brandom explain the difference in meaning between 1 and 2 below?

            1. “The swatch is red.”

            2.  “The claim that the swatch is red is properly assertible by me now.”

 

March 12, 2013:  What is the most important difference between “new feminists” and “old feminists” in Haack’s classification?  Explain.