WIK

Question 1

What is ability knowledge?

Answer 1

Knowing how to A, being able to A
eg: I know how to swim.

Question 2

What is acquaintance knowledge?

Answer 2

Having direct contact with X
eg: I know the taste of pineapple

Question 3

What is propositional knowledge?

Answer 3

Knowing that p
eg: I know that Paris is the capital of France

Question 4

What is a real definition?

Answer 4

Defining something in terms of its nature/essence
eg: Water is H2O

Question 5

What is a conventional definition?

Answer 5

Definitions that are not real definitions because the thing does not objectively have a nature/essence.
eg: Weeds are plants that grow where they are not wanted.

Question 6

Zagzebski’s claims

Answer 6

1) There are reasons to think that knowledge doesn’t have a real definition
2) but we should nonetheless try to give a real definition of knowledge…
3) and only stop if we fail / realise we cannot.

Question 7

What is an individually necessary condition?

Answer 7

without X you can’t have Z

Question 8

What is a sufficient condition?

Answer 8

if X then Z

Question 9

What is a jointly sufficient condition?

Answer 9

if X and Y, then Z

Question 10

The tripartite view on knowledge

Answer 10

Knowledge is a justified true belief

Question 11

A Posteriori

Answer 11

dependent on experience

Question 12

A Priori

Answer 12

independent of experience