SOC SCI H1G Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - David Hume, Cognitive Dissonance, Memory

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOC SCI H1G
• Professor: Jeff Barrettand Kyle Stanford

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The ancient wreek distinguished bet(cid:293)een kno(cid:293)ledge and opinion. Opinions are eas(cid:299); the(cid:299) are just (cid:293)hat people belie(cid:292)e. In plato"s theaetetus he had socrates argue that kno(cid:293)ledge (cid:293)as true belief (cid:293)ith logos. Conclude that kno(cid:293)ledge is not just belief, it is true belief. In order to kno(cid:293) something, (cid:299)ou must belie(cid:292)e it, but it must also be true. B(cid:299) contemplating idea of (cid:293)hat kno(cid:293)ledge is like. 0ogos means (cid:367)(cid:293)ord(cid:368); could mean (cid:367)reason(cid:368), (cid:367)justification(cid:368) Justification is normati(cid:292)e, tells (cid:299)ou (cid:293)hat (cid:299)ou ought to do. E(cid:298): able to e(cid:298)plain (cid:293)hat (cid:299)ou ha(cid:292)e done, but unable to justif(cid:299) (cid:293)hat (cid:299)ou ha(cid:292)e done like doing the dishes the (cid:293)rong (cid:293)a(cid:299); e(cid:298)plain ho(cid:293) (cid:299)ou had arri(cid:292)ed at something, but unable to justif(cid:299) the actions. Philosophers ha(cid:292)e for the most part settled on kno(cid:293)ledge as true rationall(cid:299) justified belief. Vorm (cid:299)our belief of this b(cid:299) rational justification, not b(cid:299) flipping a coin or shaking a magic (cid:324) ball. Distinction bet(cid:293)een kno(cid:293)ing ho(cid:293) and kno(cid:293)ing that.