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Epistemology is the study of what people do in fact believe.

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Epistemic justification is different from pragmatic justification.

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One argument against the JTB account of knowledge rests on the premise that people sometimes make a lucky guess and then say, "See, I knew it."

Socrates advocated cultural relativism.

Protagoras believed that victory, not objective truth, is the goal of argument.

Epistemology is the philosophical study of the nature of knowledge.

Socrates argued that knowledge and opinion are two different things.

Socrates advocated individual relativism.

A belief might be pragmatically justified but not epistemically justified.

Epistemology is the study of opinion.

According to the JTB account of knowledge, these three conditions are required for genuine knowledge a proposition P:

Contemporary philosophers claim only that the belief, truth, and justification conditions are necessary but not sufficient for the presence of knowledge.

Why, according to Socrates, would critical thinking be impossible if skepticism is true?

Socrates met Gorgias in person.

Which cognitive bias is most socially harmful? Why do you think so?

Socrates argued that all truth is subjective.

According to Protagoras, objective truth does not exist.

Gorgias was a Sophist.

Protagoras was a wealthy teacher.

Socrates said, "Man is the measure of all things."