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SPORTS PSYCH: Emotional Control: Anxiety, Anger and The Zone

Terms in this set (19)

What is epistemology
the study of knowledge and justified belief
3 questions of epistemology
can we have knowledge at all? if so, how is knowledge distinguished from belief? what does it take to establish truth?
Define skepticism
the worry that we can't ever establish knowledge
Define rationalism
the position that knowledge is established via reason
Define empiricism
the position that knowledge is established via sense experience
Define transcendentalism
the position that knowledge relies on a complicated combination of sense experience and a priori knowledge
Define A priori
Knowledge that is true prior to experience that is true by definition
What is Descartes concern in meditation
whether he can know anything
What world event made his concern valid
what happened to Galileo when he claimed we weren't the center of the universe
What position does Descartes take in med. 1
Descartes takes the skeptical position
Why
to question his beliefs, make strongest case possible to defeat opponent
What is the one thing he knows for certain
he knows for certain that he exists
What is the nature of the "I" that exists
he is a thinking thing
Conclusions from the wax example
Certain physical properties change as the wax melts near the fire - piece of wax- wax exists separately from the senses- product of the mind and previous experience
Descartes innate ideas
we have them and its how we build knowledge
Locke innate ideas
we do not have innate ideas, learn through experience
Ockham's razor
simple solutions more likely to be correct, easier to understand that we are born as blank slates, example of use: better to have machine made of 5 parts rather than 50
What 2 ways does Locke believe we gain knowledge
senses and reflection
Define A posteriori
knowledge that requires observation in order to establish truth
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