Rorty's critique of phenomenalism is based on his rejection of the presupposition that knowledge requires a foundation in either innate, ideas on sense data. Instead of thinking of knowledge as a relation between a belief and a fact about the world, we should think of knowledge as a relation between
A. what we think we know and what we actually do know
B. a belief and the social, historical arguments given to support it
C. our sense perceptions and our innate ideas
D. the way the mind organises experiences according to the surface grammar of language and the way that language itself is structured by the deep grammar of neurology
Answer: Option B
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A. pragmatism
B. coherence theory
C. correspondence theory
D. None of these
According to William James, if two concepts lead us to identical consequences, what do they mean?
A. They mean two different things
B. They mean the two absurd things
C. They mean nothing
D. They mean the two same things
According to William James, the pragmatic method is to interpret each notion by
A. checking its correspondence with reality
B. examining its practical consequences
C. checking its coherence with other ideas
D. accepting it as true
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