Epistemological Skepticism Is the View That

question 56

Multiple Choice

Epistemological skepticism is the view that:

• A) what's true for you may not be true for someone else.
• B) the "epistemological turn" was a mistake.
• C) we should study what we know, not how we know.
• D) we can never adequately justify any of our beliefs.
• E) we can never know more than basic facts, such as that the physical world exists.

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Definitions:

Gabriel's Rebellion

An 1800 slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia, led by Gabriel Prosser, that aimed to gain freedom for African-American slaves but was suppressed before it could be fully executed.

Illiterate Field Hands

Agricultural workers, often slaves or laborers in later periods, who could not read or write, common on plantations and farms historically.

Negotiate

The process of discussing something with someone in order to reach an agreement or mutual understanding.

Plains of Chalmette

The site of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, a significant American victory at the end of the War of 1812.