Questions
Every philosopher answers the same 20 questions. Each stance is defined, so answers can be compared.
Test yourself on exam-style questions, with the answer behind each one.
What can we know?
Epistemology 5
- Sources of knowledgeFrom what sources and by what ways is knowledge gained?
- Epistemic justificationWhat makes a belief or a claim to knowledge justified?
- Innate knowledgeAre there innate knowledge or innate principles of knowing?
- TruthHow is truth understood, and how does it stand to knowledge?
- Certainty, doubt and the limits of knowledgeHow far is certainty possible, and what limits does human knowledge face?
What is good?
Axiology 7
- The highest goodWhat is the highest good, the end worth pursuing in a human life?
- The basis of moralityOn what basis is the rightness or wrongness of moral actions determined?
- Virtue and knowledgeWhat is virtue, and how does it stand to knowledge and rationality?
- JusticeWhat is justice, and on what principles does it rest?
- The state and legitimacyHow are political power and the legitimacy of government justified?
- Beauty and artHow are beauty and art understood, and what value do they have?
- The nature of valueWhat is the nature of values, and is their validity independent of human judgment?