Research Exam 7 Iip

RESEARCH SECOND PERIOD EXAM SEVENTH GRADE TEACHER: CARLOS ANDRÉS LLANOS Name: ______________________________________ Grade: ____ Date: _____________ ACHIEVEMENT: To understand the limits and contingencies of knowledge gathering and sharing ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS: - Identifies the boundaries of knowledge in everyday life - Identifies the boundaries of knowledge in a cultural artefact - Creates contingency plans for the limitations imposed in his/her learning process - Produces a cultural artefact that showcases his/her contingency plans in a specific learning scenario 1. Describe what JTB as knowledge means _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the Barn County case _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Gettier cases show that a. Sometimes is impossible to see dogs b. Sometimes is not possible to know if something is true c. People have cars to travel d. Sometimes is not possible to know if something is knowledge e. Is always possible to know if something is true 4. A JTB+ analysis is one that takes into account: a. Epistemic luck b. Robot dogs c. Fake barns d. Knowledge e. Truth 5. When something you believe is true only by luck, your belief is: a. False b. True c. Not justified d. Justified e. Crazy 6. Give an example of a Gettier case (not one from the class) _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Describe how a simulated reality can exists without one noticing _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

Select the correct answer for the next questions about the movie “Matrix” 8. The Red Pill represents: a. The possibility of being back to normal b. The possibility of using guns c. The impossibility of seeing the real world d. The possibility of seeing the real world e. The impossibility of describing the real world 9. Reagan prefers to live in a. The real world b. Miami c. A computer d. A simulated reality e. Zion 10. Déjà- vu shows a. A mistake in the Matrix b. A change in the Matrix c. A cat d. A trick from the agents e. A normal thing in the Matrix 11. The machines discovered that a. Humans and machines are perfect b. The human brain rejects a perfect simulated reality c. Humans are happy beings d. Computers can control and satisfy humanity e. Humans are like computers Match the next concepts 12. JBT

a. Knowledge proved not to be justified

13. Matrix

b. Example of a Gettier case

14. JBT+

c. A simulated reality

15. Gettierized

d. Knowledge

16. Barn County

e. Amended knowledge

17. Describe the example of James and the dog ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. Give an example of a Gettier case that is not in the text and was not seen in class ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Explain how you supplement knowledge in school ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20. Give an example of a limitation of knowledge in your personal life and how you deal with it. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fill the blanks in the table with the options bellow Example

Information lacking

Justification for (false) belief

Problem

A broken c lock happens to be correct but we are unaware it is non-functional. Do we “know” what time it is? (Gettier problem) I have a vision about the future that turns out to be correct. Did I “know” this fact about the future? Do I know that I have lost money by playing the lottery? How sure of the outcome must I be to call myself sure

The clock is broken.

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I am the victim of epistemic luck.

25

The odds of winning are slim but I might beat the odds.

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Explain what is the limitation of knowledge in the next situations and what is the solution to it 27. Needing to remember the phone number of a friend Limitation ___________ Solution _______________ 28. Not knowing what is inside a gift box that we cannot open Limitation ___________ Solution _______________ 29. Not coming to class one day Limitation ___________ Solution _______________ 30. Finding a word in a text we don’t know the meaning of Limitation ___________ Solution _______________

Bonus question. In what year Gettier published his work?_______________________ Good Luck!