REVIEW WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ A priori. Answer: Knowable or justified independently of experience.
◉ Block of marble. Answer: A reference to Leibniz to describe how the
mind gains knowledge. The veins in the block of marble represents the
innate ideas, and the finished statue represents knowledge. The process
of sculpting represents experiencing the world. The point of the
metaphor is that we are born with some knowledge and acquire some
through experience.
◉ Cartesian. Answer: The adjective from Descartes. Used to describe
philosophical and other ideas related to Descartes.
◉ Cartesian doubt. Answer: The sceptical method used by Descartes in
which any belief that is not certain is treated as false.
◉ Cogito. Answer: Latin for 'I think'. Used as a way of referring to
Descartes' argument that he cannot doubt his own existence.