Final Take-home Exam for Philosophy 440

Answer a question from each of the two sections (for a total of two questions). Limit your answers to three to four typed pages (double-spaced, 12pt font) or a total of eight. In answering each question make sure that you explicitly delineate each position or argument to which the question refers as part of your answer.

Section One

1.) Give a plausible definition of reliabilism and discuss the relationship between Lehrer 's Mr. Truetemp and BonJour 's examples. If they are different, what is the difference. Discuss how each argument attacks reliabilism and the moral each author draws from the attack.

2.) Discuss BonJour 's examples and how they are perceived to attack reliabilism . What effect do they have on Dretske 's account of de re non-inferential perceptual knowledge according to Lehrer . What effect do you think that they have.

3.) Outline Goldman's causal theory of knowledge. What are the major problems according to Lehrer ? What are the major problems according to our discussion in class? Does Goldman's position in Discrimination and Perceptual Knowledge address these problems? If so, is it an effective response?

Section Two

1.) Provide a detailed outline of Goldman's line of argument in The Internalist Conception of Justification. Does he faithfully represent the internalist position. Are his stated conclusion(s)

warranted given the discussion. Would Lehrer count as an internalist according to Goldman?

2.) What are the insights of coherence theory and foundationalism that Lehrer and Kornblith respectively want to save? Given our discussion of Bonjour 's examples and Mr. Truetemp , are the two lists correct?