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According to Chisholm, it's traditional in Western philosophy to recognize various basic sources of knowledge. Which of these is NOT one of the traditional sources?
{ 1 } - self-awareness (e.g. "I'm aware that I'm thinking about a cat").
{ 2 } - reason (e.g. "All cats are furry and this is a cat" entails "This is furry").
{ 3 } - memory (e.g. "I seem to remember seeing a cat").
{ 4 } - authority (e.g. "My brother told me there's a cat in the other room").
{ 5 } - external perception (e.g. "I see this cat").
{ 6 } - all of these are traditional sources.
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According to Chisholm, it's traditional in Western philosophy to recognize various basic sources of knowledge. Which of these is NOT one of the traditional sources?
{ 1 } - self-awareness (e.g. "I'm aware that I'm thinking about a cat").
{ 2 } - reason (e.g. "All cats are furry and this is a cat" entails "This is furry").
{ 3 } - memory (e.g. "I seem to remember seeing a cat").
{ 4 } - authority (e.g. "My brother told me there's a cat in the other room").
{ 5 } - external perception (e.g. "I see this cat").
{ 6 } - all of these are traditional sources.
This is one of the traditional sources.
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According to Chisholm, it's traditional in Western philosophy to recognize various basic sources of knowledge. Which of these is NOT one of the traditional sources?
{ 1 } - self-awareness (e.g. "I'm aware that I'm thinking about a cat").
{ 2 } - reason (e.g. "All cats are furry and this is a cat" entails "This is furry").
{ 3 } - memory (e.g. "I seem to remember seeing a cat").
{ 4 } - authority (e.g. "My brother told me there's a cat in the other room").
{ 5 } - external perception (e.g. "I see this cat").
{ 6 } - all of these are traditional sources.
This is one of the traditional sources.
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According to Chisholm, it's traditional in Western philosophy to recognize various basic sources of knowledge. Which of these is NOT one of the traditional sources?
{ 1 } - self-awareness (e.g. "I'm aware that I'm thinking about a cat").
{ 2 } - reason (e.g. "All cats are furry and this is a cat" entails "This is furry").
{ 3 } - memory (e.g. "I seem to remember seeing a cat").
{ 4 } - authority (e.g. "My brother told me there's a cat in the other room").
{ 5 } - external perception (e.g. "I see this cat").
{ 6 } - all of these are traditional sources.
This is one of the traditional sources.
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According to Chisholm, it's traditional in Western philosophy to recognize various basic sources of knowledge. Which of these is NOT one of the traditional sources?
{ 1 } - self-awareness (e.g. "I'm aware that I'm thinking about a cat").
{ 2 } - reason (e.g. "All cats are furry and this is a cat" entails "This is furry").
{ 3 } - memory (e.g. "I seem to remember seeing a cat").
{ 4 } - authority (e.g. "My brother told me there's a cat in the other room").
{ 5 } - external perception (e.g. "I see this cat").
{ 6 } - all of these are traditional sources.
Authority isn't one of the traditional four basic sources.
In this example, you'd have to determine (by perception, self-awareness, memory, and reason) whether or not what your brother tells you is generally true.
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According to Chisholm, it's traditional in Western philosophy to recognize various basic sources of knowledge. Which of these is NOT one of the traditional sources?
{ 1 } - self-awareness (e.g. "I'm aware that I'm thinking about a cat").
{ 2 } - reason (e.g. "All cats are furry and this is a cat" entails "This is furry").
{ 3 } - memory (e.g. "I seem to remember seeing a cat").
{ 4 } - authority (e.g. "My brother told me there's a cat in the other room").
{ 5 } - external perception (e.g. "I see this cat").
{ 6 } - all of these are traditional sources.
This is one of the traditional sources.
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According to Chisholm, it's traditional in Western philosophy to recognize various basic sources of knowledge. Which of these is NOT one of the traditional sources?
{ 1 } - self-awareness (e.g. "I'm aware that I'm thinking about a cat").
{ 2 } - reason (e.g. "All cats are furry and this is a cat" entails "This is furry").
{ 3 } - memory (e.g. "I seem to remember seeing a cat").
{ 4 } - authority (e.g. "My brother told me there's a cat in the other room").
{ 5 } - external perception (e.g. "I see this cat").
{ 6 } - all of these are traditional sources.
Chisholm says that there are FOUR traditional sources of knowledge. Thus one of the above isn't a traditional source.
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