Problem
a) What is the distinction between the strong and weak replacement thesis? Which view does Kim say that Quine defends and give one reason why Kim rejects Quine's position?
b) According to Clarke, what is the distinction between 'selection for' a property and 'selection of' an object? Give an example to illustrate this distinction.
c) What is the semantic distinction between analytic and synthetic propositions? Give an example of each type of proposition and explain why it has that feature.
d) Compare and contrast Clarke's modular reliabilist account of knowledge with Bonjour's coherence account of knowledge. In particular:
e) How do the methods used to study and evaluate accounts of knowledge differ between Clarke and Bonjour?
f) Clarify the conditions on knowledge that each author presents for "S knows that P."
g) Why does Bonjour think that foundationalism fails? That is, what is Bonjour's undermining argument concerning the status of basic beliefs for the foundationalist?