What Is Knowledge? Essay Questions

A. J. Ayer

1. Consider something that you take yourself to know to be true. Why do you think you know this? How do your reasons for claiming to know this thing compare with Ayer’s three conditions on knowledge?

 

2. Ayer says that we cannot give general standards for when one is justified in being sure that something is the case. Do you agree? Why or why not?

 

3. Can we know things on the basis of processes that are not generally reliable? Justify your answer with an example.

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