SSH105 - QUIZ 3 REVIEW CH 4 CH5
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
2025/2026.
Reasons for belief and doubt - ANS - when claims conflict
- experts and evidence
- personal experience
- fooling ourselves
when claims conflict - ANS - if a new claim conflicts with other claims we have good reason to
accept, we have good ground for doubting the new claim
two types of conflict - ANS - 2 statements that are inconsistent: both cant be true, but both
can be false
ex. "today is monday", "today is wednesday" ... both can be false but both cant be true
- 2 statements that are contradictories: both cant be true, but both cant be false either
ex. "i took a pic of you", "i didnt take a pic of you" ... both cant be true or false, one of them
have to be true or false
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, conflict with background - ANS - if a claim conflicts with our background info, we have good
reason to doubt it
- background info: well-supported beliefs that we rely on to inform our actions and choices
(facts about everyday things, beliefs based on good evidence, common sense)
- common sense is NOT always right
experts and evidence - ANS - we should proportion our beliefs to the evidence (expert
opinion is never a guarantee of the truth)
expert - ANS someone who is knowledgeable in a particular subject are or field than most
people are
appeal to authority - ANS the fallacy of relying on the opinion of someone who is deemed to
be an expert, who infact isnt an expert.
- can happen in two ways:
(1) believing an expert in one field that is not necessarily an expert in another
(2) regarding a non-expert (actor, athlete, etc.) as an expert
when to doubt an expert - ANS - if a claim conflicts with expert opinion. we have good reason
to doubt it
- when an expert disagrees over a claim, we have good reason to withhold judgement
personal experience - ANS it is reasonable to accept the evidence provided by personal
experience ONLY if there is no good reason to doubt it
- sometimes, our attention is flawed
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST VERSION
2025/2026.
Reasons for belief and doubt - ANS - when claims conflict
- experts and evidence
- personal experience
- fooling ourselves
when claims conflict - ANS - if a new claim conflicts with other claims we have good reason to
accept, we have good ground for doubting the new claim
two types of conflict - ANS - 2 statements that are inconsistent: both cant be true, but both
can be false
ex. "today is monday", "today is wednesday" ... both can be false but both cant be true
- 2 statements that are contradictories: both cant be true, but both cant be false either
ex. "i took a pic of you", "i didnt take a pic of you" ... both cant be true or false, one of them
have to be true or false
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, conflict with background - ANS - if a claim conflicts with our background info, we have good
reason to doubt it
- background info: well-supported beliefs that we rely on to inform our actions and choices
(facts about everyday things, beliefs based on good evidence, common sense)
- common sense is NOT always right
experts and evidence - ANS - we should proportion our beliefs to the evidence (expert
opinion is never a guarantee of the truth)
expert - ANS someone who is knowledgeable in a particular subject are or field than most
people are
appeal to authority - ANS the fallacy of relying on the opinion of someone who is deemed to
be an expert, who infact isnt an expert.
- can happen in two ways:
(1) believing an expert in one field that is not necessarily an expert in another
(2) regarding a non-expert (actor, athlete, etc.) as an expert
when to doubt an expert - ANS - if a claim conflicts with expert opinion. we have good reason
to doubt it
- when an expert disagrees over a claim, we have good reason to withhold judgement
personal experience - ANS it is reasonable to accept the evidence provided by personal
experience ONLY if there is no good reason to doubt it
- sometimes, our attention is flawed
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
