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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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“… With the eye of my soul, I saw”

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Augustine

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2
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The trinity

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Augustine

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3
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Discourse on method

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Descartes

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4
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“I am certain that I am a thing which thinks”

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Descartes

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5
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Treatise on human nature

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Hume

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6
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“Truths of reasoning are necessary”

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Leibniz

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7
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“I know that I am”

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Descartes

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8
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“… The mind is a white paper”

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Locke

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9
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“… It is sometimes proved to me that those senses are deceptive”

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Descartes

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10
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Essay concerning human understanding

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Locke

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11
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Against the academics

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Augustine

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12
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Treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge

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Berkeley

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13
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“… Accept nothing as true which I did not clearly recognize to be so”

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Descartes

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14
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Critique of pure reason

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Kant

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15
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“… Some evil genius… Has employed his… Energies in deceiving me”

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Descartes

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16
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(Descartes) “distanced us from the philosophy of existence”

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John Paul II

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17
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Confessions

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Augustine

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18
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Meditations on first philosophy

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John Paul II

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19
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“God who is… The fountain of truth

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Berkeley

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20
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“… Cogito… Agito… Factito”

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Augustine

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21
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Epistemology is based upon the Greek word meaning:

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Knowledge

22
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The sophists believed that all knowledge is objective T/F

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True

23
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The sophists were the first paid teachers T/F

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True

24
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The word “sophist” means:

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Wise men

25
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Socrates believed that there is absolute and certain truth T/F

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True

26
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Plato claimed that knowledge is placed in the soul prior to birth T/F

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True

27
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The concept that knowledge is placed in the soul prior to birth is called the _________ theory

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Recollection

28
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In platos “_________ of the cave” the light represented truth

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Allegory

29
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Augustine was born in Roman North Africa T/F

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True

30
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Augustine was a member of the _________ sect cult for 9 years

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Manichean

31
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Who of the following influence Augustine:

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Cicero

32
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In a work directed against the teachers or academics, Augustine opposed their:

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Skepticism

33
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In this mathematical equation, Augustine saw truth:

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7+3=10

34
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Augustine apparently saw the _______ as the “highest reasoning power”

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Mind

35
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In a writing, Augustine called these as part of the “triad” (I) being, (II) knowledge, (III) will, (IV) intellect, (V) spirit

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I, II, III

36
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Descartes was educated by the Jesuits T/F

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True

37
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In his book, discourse on ________, Descartes stated to “accept nothing as true”

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Method

38
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Descartes’ doubt led to an epistemological ___________

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Skepticism

39
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Which of the following is true of Descartes’ writings?

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All of the above (“senses are deceptive”, “I now dream”, “some evil genius”

40
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Descartes’ doubts also included the existence of God T/F

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False

41
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Descartes declared “cogito, ___________”

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Ergo sum

42
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“Cogito, ergo sum” came from meditation on _____________

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First philosophy

43
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____________ is the belief that one is the only person in the universe

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Solipsism

44
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Descartes believed that the source of knowledge is reason T/F

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False

45
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The empiricists accepted Descartes demand for ______________

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Certainty

46
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Which of the following is true of John Paul II’s critique on Descartes? (I) he inaugurated an anthropocentric shift (II) he distanced us from the philosophy of existence (IV) he turned his back in metaphysics

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I, II, IV

47
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He spoke of contingent and necessary truth

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Leibniz

48
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The “tabula rasa” theory was proposed by Locke T/F

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True

49
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Locke was a friend of Newton and was educated at Cambridge T/F

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False

50
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Kant developed the concept called “unity of _________”

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Consciousness

51
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Explain the difference between the theories of knowledge of Plato and Locke

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Plato-collection

Locke-theory that all human knowledge comes from our 5 senses and we will never know more than what our senses tell us

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