Chapter 3 Flashcards
“…” Nothing solid can come from shaky grounds
Rene Descartes
“…” Emphasized unreliability of our perceptions
Michel de Montaigne
“…” All knowledge should be built on absolute certain statements
Rene Descartes
He also asked: What do we know beyond doubt?
“…” (Dubito) cogito ergo sum
Rene Descartes: He thinks, therefore exists
Rene Descartes: Why is it that I am certain that I doubt and thus exist?
Because the truth is clear and distinct
“…Source of knowledge is experience. And experience can be divided into sensation and reflection
John Locke
John Locke’s Primary quality of objects
Of what truly is
John Locke’s Secondary quality of objects
Of what we perceive
John Locke’s Tertiary quality of objects
One object changing another
“…” Esse est percipi
George Berkeley: To be is to be perceived
George Berkeley: … perceives everything so that …
An eternal God. To let everything exist in absence of human perception.
Founder of Idealism
George Berkeley. Esse est percipi
“…” We see the world through representations and therefore do not know the real world
David Hume
David Hume: Perceptions exist of … and …
Impressions and Ideas
Copy Principle
All our ideas are copies of our impressions. This principle can be reversed to test philosophical ideas to see if there is empirical data/evidence for the idea.
