... accept (with some degree of confidence) the statement that Chicago is in Illinois. * Knowledge and Truth o Is it possible for someone to know something false? Someone can believe something false; someone can THINK that they know something false, but can someone know something false? o For example, can someone know that Chicago (the home of the Cubs), is not in Illinois? * Knowledge and Truth (as Correspondence) o Those who accept the correspondence theory of truth will say that Knowledge requires Truth; what we know must correspond to the way the world actually is not merely how we think it is. * Knowledge and Truth (as Agreement) o Those who accept an Agreement theory of truth will say that Knowledge requires Truth; what we know must be that to which members of our community who are qualified to judge agree. * Knowledge Requires Belief * Knowledge Requires Truth * Is knowledge true belief? ...

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