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philosophy | PHIL - Western Philosophy - Modern, Quizzes of History and Philosophy

Class: PHIL - Western Philosophy - Modern; Subject: Philosophy; University: Bucks County Community College; Term: Forever 1989;

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2011/2012

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TERM 1
Descartes
DEFINITION 1
believed in "i think therefor i exist"only trusted the mind due
to dream ideabelieved in god because he knew there wan an
idea of a perfection.did not believe in sensory experiencegod
was perfect
TERM 2
Humes
DEFINITION 2
believed in sensory experince and imaginationargued against
innate ideaswe only know what we have experiencedethics
are based on rather then abstract principlesargument of
design
TERM 3
design argument
DEFINITION 3
humes book the dialgue concerning natural religon;cleanthes
to say that nature has a order so there must be creator like
as which humans create thingsphilo-evil in the world. if god is
seen as kind why is there wickness from man.
TERM 4
rationalism
DEFINITION 4
Descartes.
TERM 5
Empiricism
DEFINITION 5
humes
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Descartes

believed in "i think therefor i exist"only trusted the mind due to dream ideabelieved in god because he knew there wan an idea of a perfection.did not believe in sensory experiencegod was perfect TERM 2

Humes

DEFINITION 2 believed in sensory experince and imaginationargued against innate ideaswe only know what we have experiencedethics are based on rather then abstract principlesargument of design TERM 3

design argument

DEFINITION 3 humes book the dialgue concerning natural religon;cleanthes to say that nature has a order so there must be creator like as which humans create thingsphilo-evil in the world. if god is seen as kind why is there wickness from man. TERM 4

rationalism

DEFINITION 4 Descartes. TERM 5

Empiricism

DEFINITION 5 humes

innate

is aphilosophicaldoctrine that holds that the mind is born with ideas/knowledge, and that therefore the mind is not a 'blank slate' at birth, as early empiricists such asJohn Lockeclaimed. It asserts therefore that not all knowledge is obtained from experience and thesenses. TERM 7

Deceiving god and evil demon argument

DEFINITION 7 for all Descartes knows, he may be under the control of an all-powerful being trying to deceive him. In that case, he does not have a body at all, but a mind fed my images and illusions by the all-powerful being. He doesnt mean this literally. His point is to show that senses can be deceived TERM 8

cogito

DEFINITION 8 Descartesi think therefor i existbecause thoughts must have a source there must be an I TERM 9

Descartes asserts that these facts come to

him as

DEFINITION 9 clear and distinct perceptions TERM 10

the wax example

DEFINITION 10 when looking at wax you know what it is, when burning it, the smell and shape of it changes also, yet we still know its wax.that is why we can not trust our senses. we can use them to help us understand the true nature of things but the only thing we know for thruth is from our thinking and judgment

gets knowledge by experience

HUMES

TERM 17

humes divides all knowledge by two

things

DEFINITION 17 relations of ideas andmatter of facts TERM 18

relations of ideas

DEFINITION 18 true by defination TERM 19

matters of

fact

DEFINITION 19 type of knowledge that can be characterized as arising out of ones interaction with an experience TERM 20

a prior knowledge

DEFINITION 20 "all bachelors are single." you dont have to do any scientific research to figure it out

a posteriori

makes reference to experience.the issue concerns how one knows the proposition or claim in questionwhat justifies or grounds one's belief in it.