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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn
The Problem of Skepticism and Knowledge
Things Aren't Always What They Seem: Skepticism About Skepticism

True or False



1

Empiricism is the view that sense experience is the only source of knowledge of the external world.
A)True
B)False
2

Propositional knowledge is knowledge of how to perform a certain activity.
A)True
B)False
3

Descartes’s view is that knowledge requires certainty.
A)True
B)False
4

Foundationalism maintains that there are basic beliefs and that the justification of all other beliefs depends on the basic beliefs.
A)True
B)False
5

Skeptical doubts arise from the notion that knowledge requires certainty.
A)True
B)False








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