PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Moral Nihilism, Descriptive Knowledge, Microsoft Powerpoint
2 May 2016
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Declarative statement/sentence when something is or isn"t the case. Realist/realism someone that holds a particular view about truths in a certain subject area. Nihilism when someone does not believe in truths in that subject area. Moral nihilism the view that moral statements have no truth value (neither true nor false) Relativism when there are some truths (in the middle of realism and nihilism) There are 3 key points when looking into propositional knowledge: belief - an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists, truth - a fact or belief that is accepted as true. Justification - the action of showing something to be right or reasonable. There are 3 different uses of the term knowledge . Knowledge by acquaintance: where you know things about your acquaintance. Knowledge how: when you know how to do something. Propositional knowledge (knowledge that): when you know that something is. Three main components in propositional knowledge is the truth, belief and justification.
