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1Who says we would get father assuming objects must conform to our cognition? and what is it called?
- AKants "copernican Revolution"
- BDecarte "Who am I"
- CHume "Induction afrgument"
2What is Knowledge?
- AJustified, true, belief
- Bmust be justified, true and must believe it to be knowledge
- C2 sources of knowledge, Indirect and Direct: Indirect is through books, people and Direct sources is through our senses and through reason.
3What is "Tabula Rasa" ?
- ATabula Rasa means you were born with a blank slate and your mind is furnished with sesory data from the external world
- BThis is a Empiricist view "tabula Rasa" .
4WHo is Russel?
- ARussel is the founder of analytic philosophy
Founder of appearance and reality
Appearance: how things seem to be and Reality: how things are - BRussell's terminology is: sense data, sensation and physical object: Sense data is characteristics like color or sound that we are aware of immediately in the perception of the world
Sensation: its the experience of the sense data
Physical Object: something outside of me, outside of my conscious
- ARussel is the founder of analytic philosophy
5Inductive Argument is what?
- AAn inductive argument is an argument whose conclusion is probable, not certain, not for sure.
- BHume has "The problem to Induction" argument in his work.
6Deductive argument is what?
- AA deductive argument is when an arguments conclusion is certain, its true.
- BBoth inductive and deductive arguments conclusions could pass or fail.
7What is Empiricism and who are some philosphers who take this view?
- AEmpiricism says that our knowledge depends more on the senses rather than on reason.
- BHume is an Empiricist.
8External World is what?
- AAn external world is a world outside of our senses, outside of me, outside of my internal world which would be my feelings or thoughts.
- Bexternal
9what is Solipsism?
- ASolipsism is a view of saying there is nothing outside of me, only my consciousnesses exist, I am the only thing that exist
- Ba extreme form of skepticism
10what is Skepticism?
- Askepticism says knowledge is impossible
- Bsays there is No knowledge of the external world at all
11What is epistemology?
- AEpistemology is the study of knowledge
- B2 direct sources of knowledge: indirect and direct sources
12Who says talks about the "Copy Principle"? and what is it?
- AHume talks about the copy principle and how it is found in OUR MINDS!
- B The copy principal says that all ideas are derived from or copied from our impressions
13Who is Hume?
- AHE was an empiricist
- BProblem of induction
Impressions and ideas concept
says we are born "tabula rasa"
14What is Synthetic A priori?
- AKants view toward knowledge.
- Bknowledge that tells us something informative of the world but isnt observed by our experience Example : space, time and causation
It is there, very important to knowledge but we don't see it, we don't observe it but we all experience it
15Who came up with the statements Analytic and synthetic and what do those terms mean?
- AKant came up with these statements
- BAnalytic statement means that the truth can be known just by knowing that words of that statement.
Synthetic statements is the truth cant be know by simply knowing the meaning of the words.
16What is a synthetic statement?
- Asynthetic statements are statements that the truth simply cant be known just by the meaning of the words.
- Bapart of kants statements
17what is an analytic sttatemeent?
- Aan analytic statement is a statemtn in which its truth can be known by the meaning of the words in that statement.
- BApart of Kants work
18Who is Kant?
- AKant is a rationalist philosopher. He came up with 2 statements analytic and synthetic statements.
Kant is a fan of Humes work
Kant rejects humes fork by introducing "synthetic a priori - BKant also came up with synthetic a priori
- AKant is a rationalist philosopher. He came up with 2 statements analytic and synthetic statements.
19What does a rationalist mean?
- Arationalist believe that knowledge is obtained more through reason than on the senses.
- BDecarte and Kant are rationalist
Rationalist believe that we were born with innate ideas which means they believe we were born with ideas hidden in the memory.
20What was the goal of Descartes Meditations and what was the method that he used?
- AThe goal of Descartes mediations was to gain a firm foundation for knowledge.
- BThe method used was called systematic doubt which means he will doubt everything that can be doubted
21Who is Descartes?
- ADescartes is a rationalist who came up with the saying " i think therefore i am" also known as the Cogito
Modern philosophy - BDescartes wax argument
Descartes who am I? argument
Malicious demon.
- ADescartes is a rationalist who came up with the saying " i think therefore i am" also known as the Cogito
22The wax argument was whose argument? And what was it about?
- AThis was Descartes argument.
- BIt said that the sensible properties of the wax changes (res extensa) therefore we use reason to know that that piece of wax is the same wax before it was melted, before its properties changed. He says that the
res extensa (something that undergoes change) refers to the actual wax in this argument - CReason for the argument is to prove that the senses drawl from reason
23What is the "Cogito"?
- AI think therefore i am, famous saying from Descartes
- Brefers to the who am I argument
This is how he defeats skepticism
24What is Res cogitans"?
- AThis means " a thinking thing"
Refers to Descartes who am I argument - BThis is how he defeats skepticism, he proves he is a thinking thing.
- AThis means " a thinking thing"
25What was the 1st meditations arguments for skepticism?
- A1. Senses- we cant rely on the senses, the sense can deceive me
2.Dreaming- am i dreaming?
3. Malicious demon- a malicious demon is planting illusions in my mind. - BHe starts the who am I? argument through these arguments, which in return defeats skepticism because he proves that he is a thinking thing because of him doubting the malicious demon
- A1. Senses- we cant rely on the senses, the sense can deceive me
26essential and accidental properties, what are they?
- AThis refers to Descartes wax argument.
- Bessential properties are property's an object has to have in order to be that object
accidental properties are property's an object has, and other objects could share that same property, that doesn't mean everything is that main object
- AThis refers to Descartes wax argument.
27What is extension? what does it refer to in the text?
- Aextension is an object that occupies space, this applys to Descartes who am i argument, he says the body is an extension.
- BDescartes who am I
28What is res extensa?
- Ares extensa refers to decartes wax argument, its describing the wax
- Bres extensa means an extended thing that undergoes change.
- Ares extensa refers to decartes wax argument, its describing the wax
29Whatis Humes fork?
- AHumes fork is two main concepts or views. 1.relation to ideas and 2. Matters of fact?
- BRelation to ideas is a priori, it implies a contradiction, it doesn't depend of the external world. just think of something and it is certain, its true
Matters of fact is a posteriori, it doesn't imply a contradiction, and it depends on observation through experience
30what are impressions and ideas?
- AHumes came up with impressions and ideas, he says we find this in the mind.
- BImpressions is sensation and feelings of seeing something first hand.
Ideas- are concepts, memory and imagining
31What is does the term A priori mean?
- AA priori refers to Humes fork under relations to ideas category,
- Bwhat it mean is it doesn't depend on experience , it is discoverable merely by operation of thinking
something you can know prior to the the experience
- AA priori refers to Humes fork under relations to ideas category,
32what is a posteriori?
- Aa posteriori refers to humes fork in the category of matters of fact.
- BIt means we knowable through observation, depends on external world
33what is the problem of induction?
- Athis is Humes argument
- BIt states that we have no basis in saying that conclusions of an inductive argument are probable.
The problem of induction is in order to make a prediction about the future on the basis of past experience we must assume the future will resemble the past
34What is PUN (The principle of uniformity of nature?
- Asays that nature will always behave in ways that follow a constant and consistent patterns
- Bthe future will resemble the past
- Asays that nature will always behave in ways that follow a constant and consistent patterns
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