Sociology homework help
Sociology homework help. Unit 5ÿAssignmentÿ-ÿEpistemologyInstructions: Please note that the questions below are based on the Unit readings and are intended to be both an outline of the units? material and the basis for your Unit Assessment, so please give your best effort to answering them thoroughly.ÿThe taskÿis to respond toÿ15ÿof the questions below. Each question will be worthÿtwoÿpoints.Theÿformatÿfor submission is to include the questions with the replies. Example:How does one know what the good life is?ÿ- The good life is?ÿ1.ÿDefine Epistemology. What are the types of philosophical questions considered in the study of Epistemology?2.ÿDescribe and give an example of the ?four different uses of language? the unit reading highlights.3.ÿWhat is meant by the Cognitive use of language?4.ÿWhat is the central claim of Rationalism?ÿWho were the first philosophers referred to as rationalist?5.ÿWhat isÿScholasticism? Who is the archetypal scholastic philosopher?6.ÿWhat did knowledge ?involve? for Rene Descartes?7.ÿWhat do Empiricists rely on as the central source of knowledge? Name some prominent empiricists from the modern philosophical period.8.ÿDescribe the difference between the termÿa prioriÿandÿa posteriori.9.ÿWhat meaning did John Locke give to the Latin termÿtabula rasa?10.ÿExplain what John Locke meant by the primary and secondary qualities of an object.11.ÿGive an account of George Berkeley?s subjective idealism. Research what he meant by the statementÿesseÿestÿpercipi.12.ÿHighlight the specific characteristics of David Hume?s empiricism.13.ÿSummarize Immanuel Kant?s epistemological theory (Transcendental Idealism).14.ÿWhat distinction does Immanuel Kant make betweenÿnoumenaÿandÿphenomenaÿreality?15.ÿWhy doesÿKantÿbelieve ?thatÿhumans will never know things as they are in themselves??16.ÿDefine SkepticismÿandÿFallibilism. Name some skeptics from both the classical and modern philosophical periods.17.ÿDescribe and give examples of Logical, Semantic, Systemic, and Empirical knowledge.18.ÿWhat isÿthe Correspondence Theory ofÿtruth?19.ÿWhat isÿthe Coherence Theory ofÿtruth?20.ÿWhat is the Pragmatic Theory of truth?21.ÿ?If objectivity is rejected, everyÿgroup?sÿclaims would be equal.?ÿExplain the meaning and challenge this statement presents.