movements of the 1960s and increasing focus on racial equality in United States public schools‚ black females were often either misrepresented or unclassified as a distinct group. Because feminist epistemologies tend to be concerned with the education of White girls and women‚ and raced-based epistemologies tend to be consumed with the
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Epistemology Study Guide 1. How can the senses deceive us? a. Our senses are how we perceive the world. Our eyes‚ nose‚ tongue‚ fingers‚ and ears feed raw information to our brain‚ which then turns it into information we can use. If we lose one of our senses‚ we lose that entire set of raw data. As such‚ we place incredible amounts of reliance on our senses. The only way our senses can deceive us is if they give us the wrong data‚ which then becomes wrong information. If life is an illusion
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Journal #2 In class we talked about the sub-disciplines of epistemology. There are three which are empiricism‚ rationalism and skepticism. Out of these three I feel that I‚ myself am an empiricist. I feel this because everything I have learned in my short life up to this point has been through some type of experience in my life involving one or more of the five senses. I was trying to think of a case where I may have knowledge of something without someone telling me or showing me and I couldn’t
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Meno’s Paradox A paradox is a true statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or situation‚ which defies intuition (Wikipedia). In Plato’s Meno‚ Meno and Socrates engage in the typical Socratic elenctic method of examination pertaining to the topic of virtue. Socrates helps Meno reach a state of learned ignorance. After reaching this state‚ Meno presents his paradox to Socrates. Socrates‚ in philosophical fashion‚ examines the statement using epistemological evidence to understand
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Review Test Submission: Exam 3 | | Course | Epistemology-PHIL 201 | Test | Exam 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Question 1 | | | __________________ combined rationalism and empiricism‚ showing how both played a role in our understanding | | | Correct Answer: | Kant. | | | | | * Question 2 | | Descartes deduced God from the concept of God itself‚ in order to justify the idea of the material world. Correct Answer: | True |
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Introduction Prior to attending the Women’s Studies 5363 Feminist/Womanist Epistemology class‚ I did not have a clear understand of the distinction between epistemology and methodology. After taking this class‚ my understanding is much clearer. Epistemology‚ the philosophy of knowledge or the study of knowledge and belief‚ is concerned with creation of knowledge‚ conditions of knowledge‚ sources of knowledge‚ structure of knowledge‚ limits of knowledge‚ and the distribution of knowledge. Methodology
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Standpoint epistemology developed from the recognition of the lack of women in major political roles. Feminists argued that politics and international relations is conducted largely from male perspectives and male interests. In order to make the worth of women’s lives more visible‚ it is necessary to evaluate it from their point of view. Standpoint feminism claims that feminist politics should be practiced from the standpoint of women or particular groups of women[1] . Some scholars for example Dorothy
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internalize‚ moral principles simply by doing the morally good deeds rather than be selfish in thought and actions. Through the action itself and come to understand it’s value. What is the proper limitation on virtue theory? To distinguish moral epistemology from moral psychology and moral anthropology‚ how must we determine what the moral actions or value is to the theory of knowledge. I think that Virtue theory offers allot to moral psychology and anthropology‚ it shows how our morals are learned
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Ontology deals with questions concerning what entities exist or can be said to exist. What do we know? What are we certain of? What can we prove? What is the nature of existence? Epistemology is the study of knowledge. How do we know what we know? How can we establish truth and certainty? Are their limits to what we can know based on how we come to know it? These epistemological questions when combined with ontological questions have philosophers pondering what exists and how we know it exists.
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What is the relationship between epistemology and metaphysics In many ways epistemology clears the way for metaphysical construction or hypothesis. By adhering to the principles of one branch of philosophy‚ it allows us to become better at searching within the other. It is true that epistemic ideas are often knocked down by metaphysics‚ but when one considers that it is entirely possible to base metaphysical ideas on epistemology‚ it becomes clear that the branches of philosophy are very
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