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According to the traditional philosophical definition of “knowledge”, which of the following are necessary for you to know something?

When you reason from several similar past experiences to the conclusion that the same thing will probably happen again in the future, you are using what?

In the following statement, what is the phrase “I will win”? If I score more than 100 then I will win.

In Gettier’s second counterexample, Smith knows that every car Jones has ever bought has been a Ford. Yesterday, Jones offered Smith a ride in a Ford. Because of this, Smith believes Jones owns a ford. Therefore, Smith also believes this statement: “Either Jones owns a Ford or Brown is in Barcelona.” even though Smith has no idea where Brown actually is.  It turns out that actually Jones does not own a Ford, but Brown, by lucky coincidence actually is in Barcelona.  Which of the following describes the situation?

What conclusion can you draw from the following premises? If the movie is better than the book, then you will like the movie. The movie is not better than the book.

Contemporary philosophy split into two branches known as …

According to Hume, what is the simple test by which you can distinguish an impression from an idea?

Having your eyes open is ________ for being able to see.

In philosophy, “begging the question” means ______.

What is a posteriori knowledge?