Philosophy A-Level
Counterexamples
What Counterexamples means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Counterexamples
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Cases where someone knows that p even though one of the supposed conditions is absent, offered to show a condition is not necessary.
Topics that use Counterexamples
- What is knowledge? (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Ability knowledge
- Acquaintance knowledge
- Definition of knowledge
- Epistemic virtue
- False lemmas and inferential routes
- Necessary and sufficient conditions
- Propositional knowledge
- Reliabilism as an externalist condition
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