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Briefly outline the tripartite view of knowledge and explain how a case of a lucky true belief (a Gettier-style problem) can be used to argue against this view.

On a tripartite theory of knowledge, having propositional knowledge consists in having a justified, true belief that a certain proposition obtains. For example, to know that it will rain tomorrow consists, o...
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Outline and Explain Moore's Open Question Argument (9 marks)

G.E Moore's Open Question Argument functions as an objection towards naturalist moral realism (also referred to as "naturalism"), which is the belief that moral properties exist objectively within ...
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Why, according to Hume, do we have to be skeptical when regarding the inference of general principles from evidence?

It seems evident to us that when we see a certain certain cause and effect occuring together that we can assume a causal connexion between them. We have seen multiple times that when a billard ball hits anot...
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What is the justified true belief account of knowledge and what is Gettier's challenge to it?

The justified true belief (JTB) account of knowledge purports to give the necessary and sufficient conditions for an subject's having knowledge. Precisely, the account states that a subject S knows a proposi...
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How does Aquinas use the idea of change to show that God exists?

Aquinas observes that there are some things in the world which change. Something which changes cannot be the very thing that causes its own change. In fact, anything that changes is changed by something else...
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