STUDY GUIDE FIRST EXAM PHI 101 When: Thursday‚ the 26th Day of September‚ 2013‚ 3:00pm – 4:15pm Where: The same location our class normally meets What to bring: Your ASU Student ID‚ for when you hand in your exam & An Exam book (blue book or green book) available at the bookstore & A Scan-tron form (bubble-in forms) available at the bookstore & TWO number 2 pencils for filling in the scantron form & A blue or black ink pen (optional – pencil ok)‚ for your exam book. I will not have
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that all knowledge is attained through experience was referred to as _____ by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. a) Philosophical empiricism b) Structuralism c) Foundationalism d) Functionalism 2) _____ believed that the body was made up of material substances and the mind was made up of immaterial or spiritual substances. a) Descartes b) Hobbes c) Plato d) Freud 3) Sam’s daughter starts to hit other children while at the playground. Her daughter has never been exposed to violence nor has she
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impressions play a part in our experiences in the mind and the body. Locke’s objection was more understanding that Humes’s because he made more points on the subject‚ he had more information on the topic and he also made more since of the subject. Descartes objection seemed to be based on the imagery of god‚ Humes objection was us using more of an impression than us using both our body and
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It was in the 17th century that the debate between the rationalists and the empiricists came to a head. Philosophers such as Descartes and Leibniz emphasised the power of reason over the senses. Descartes argued that our senses were fallible and that we could not rule out the possibility of the demon deception hypothesis on the basis of sensory evidence alone. Descartes argued that he knew he existed‚ as
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Essay Topics for CPHL 550 – Knowledge‚ Truth and Belief “Plan your work‚ work your plan”. – Vince Lombardi General Instructions Make sure to consult the Basic Style Guidelines Document and the Tips for Writing an Effective CPHL 550 Essay Document in order to confirm the details for each assignment (both the minor and the major essay) especially with respect to the minimal length requirement. Since there is no final exam in this course‚ your essay assignments need to be treated with the same attention
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Epistemology How do we know what we know? Is what we believe to be truth really truth? A branch of Philosophy that seeks out to answer these questions and to discover the origin of knowledge is Epistemology. Much of what we believe is based on allegations and generalizations rather than established evidence. That’s way so many people have different beliefs throughout the world. I will be discussing more of these Worldviews in a later paragraph. Right now I’d like to continue to focus on Epistemology
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my beliefs from the external world. Plurality: It is possible to have 2 coherent systems that are logically incompatible. Read chapter 4 of Epistemology: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous‚ “Foundationalism.” As you do‚ consider the following questions and points: What is the root idea of foundationalism? Each of us holds a set of beliefs basically or immediately while we hold other beliefs non basically or mediately. Why would one adopt a foundationalist approach to justification? Because
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Aristotle: The Universals are in the particulars. We come up with ideas by going to specific to universal (Inductive) CH 8 and 9 QUIZ: 1. Who advocated the notion of innate ideas? PLATO 2. Name a rationalist identified in the reading PLATO‚ CHOMSKE‚ DESCARTES 3. Name an empiricist identifies in the reading‚ ARISTOTLE‚ LOCKE 4. T/F: Locke is an advocate of innate ideas FALSE 5. What does the phrase tabula rasa signify? BLANK SLATE 6. What philosopher is associated with “pehenomenalism?’ HUNE OBJECTIVES:
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any new movement or method of teaching‚ the approaches are myriad and indeed in the experimental stages. Some teachers use critical thinking to study across disciplines - science‚ economics‚ politics‚ art‚ history. (Descartes -- with his strong leanings toward math and science - was indeed a forefather of cross-discipline studies.) Some use an issue-oriented approach‚ applying critical thinking to everything from gender to humor‚ war and peace‚ even
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Apologetics Exam Fall‚ 2009 Please type the responses; Double-space; One hour limit; Put your name on the exam Michael Gabizon CPO 313 1. State the four logically possible ways in which evidentialism could go about justifying its beliefs? Briefly evaluate each of the options. [20] Evidentialism holds four logical possibilities in an attempt to justify their beliefs. There is historical evidence‚ negative apologetics‚ minimal evidence‚ and the Holy Spirit. The first step is Historical
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