Term paper Questions: 1- What is knowledge, and is it more valuable than belief? If yes, tell us why you think it is more valuable, and if not, what do you think is responsible for our fascination wit

Term paper

Questions:

1- What is knowledge, and is it more valuable than belief? If yes, tell us why you think it is more valuable, and if not, what do you think is responsible for our fascination with knowledge?

2- Does it make sense to say that a statement or belief is true for a particular person? Can a truth be simply subjective? Give some examples, and explain what significance to give to the above expressions "is true for."

3- If a belief makes a person who believes it happier and more secure, does that make it true in any sense?

4- If there were facts, what would they be?

5- Bertrand Russell once wrote, "Better the world should perish than I or any other human being should believe a lie." Discuss. Is truth all that important?

6- Are there electrons?

7- Could a scientist give a adequate account of the biblical story of the raising of Lazarus?

8- Are you persuaded that there is an external world? If so, then give me your best argument that you are a brain-in-a-vat? If you do not think there is an external world, then what do you think would convince you that there is?

9- Have you experienced epistemic injustice? If so, tell us about a time in which you experienced it. Have you mis-judged someone’s epistemic ability before? How do you think this lesson will influence your future experiences with testimony?

Instructions:

you will write a paper in which you pick one of the questions above and answer it using the solutions that we discussed. Your answer needs to include at least one possible objection as well as your reply to it.

Formatting Details:

2 pages (about 500 words) 12-point font. Please use a professional font, such as Times, Arial, or Cambria. 1 inch margins. Please use proper citations. You may use APA or Chicago style, so long as you are consistent throughout.

Helpful Readings :

-Putnam, Hilary. Excerpts from Reason, Truth, and History. Cambridge University Press. (1981)

-Lackey, Jennifer (2006)" Philosophy Compass, 2006.

-Fricker, Miranda (2007). (chapter one) In Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing. Oxford University Press.