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Descartes contrasts two kinds of philosophy: speculative VS practical. For him the practical
comes from knowing the "force and action of fire, water, air the stars, the heavens, and all the
other bodies." What does he say results from the knowledge of practical philosophy? -
(answers)e. We become lords and possessors of nature
What does Descartes say will enable us to "enjoy without any trouble the fruits of the earth, and
all its comforts"? - (answers)b. An infinity of arts
What are the "two obstacles" that Descartes says are the main preventions of finding scientific
solutions to all sicknesses of mind and body and even the "debility of age"? - (answers)c.
Shortness of life and want of experiments
Descartes describes a certain "order" that he has followed in his experimental work. Which of the
following does not fit the order he describes on page? - (answers)He tried to find the general
principles or first causes of all that is or can be in the world
Without directly maligning Aristotle, Descartes heaps scorn and contempt on those alive who
still follow him, by comparing them to climbing ivy. Which of the following best explains this
criticism? - (answers)Just like the ivy on a tree cannot go higher than that on which it climbs the
followers of Aristotle often end up with less understanding than their master
Where do empiricists say that all knowledge comes from (p. 39)? - (answers)Experience
What does this mean: "It appears, that in single instances of the operation of bodies we never
can, by our utmost scrutiny, discover anything but one event following another, without being
able to comprehend any force of power by which the cause operates or any connection between it
and its supposed effect." Pick the one best answer - (answers)b. We never experience causes,
only events that follow other events, no necessary connection
What is Hume attacking? - (answers)all the above
, 4. Which of the following defines the "correspondence theory of truth" (p.39)? - (answers)The
truth of the sentence, statement or proposition consists simply in its correspondence with the
facts.
. Which of the following defines the "coherence theory of truth" (p. 39)? Pick the one best
option. - (answers). The truth of the sentence, statement or proposition depends on human
thought alone.
1. Why does Kant say that we never learn of space and time through experience? - (answers)We
never perceive objects that are not in space and time
Which of the following does NOT apply to the "central insight of the German philosopher
Immanuel Kant"? - (answers)b. All of our knowledge depends solely on our sensory ability to
drink in information from the world
"Kant wished to strike a new path between two strands of 18th century philosophy. The
rationalists had argued that reason can comprehend the world unaided by the senses, whereas the
empiricist maintained that all knowledge must be firmly grounded in experience. Both have their
weaknesses." Which of the following best explains the weakness of the rationalists? - (answers).
It can say much about the world but sacrifices certainty
. "Kant wished to strike a new path between two strands of 18th century philosophy. The
rationalists had argued that reason can comprehend the world unaided by the senses, whereas the
empiricist maintained that all knowledge must be firmly grounded in experience. Both have their
weaknesses." Which of the following best explains the weakness of the empiricists? - (answers)It
may be indubitably true but says little about the way the world is
What is Hegel's dialectic? - (answers)The process of a synthesis confronting its opposition and
becoming a new synthesis
. For Hegel how is all progressed achieved? - (answers). Through the conflict of opposites
What is the currency of Hegel's dialectic? - (answers)b. Freedom
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Descartes contrasts two kinds of philosophy: speculative VS practical. For him the practical
comes from knowing the "force and action of fire, water, air the stars, the heavens, and all the
other bodies." What does he say results from the knowledge of practical philosophy? -
(answers)e. We become lords and possessors of nature
What does Descartes say will enable us to "enjoy without any trouble the fruits of the earth, and
all its comforts"? - (answers)b. An infinity of arts
What are the "two obstacles" that Descartes says are the main preventions of finding scientific
solutions to all sicknesses of mind and body and even the "debility of age"? - (answers)c.
Shortness of life and want of experiments
Descartes describes a certain "order" that he has followed in his experimental work. Which of the
following does not fit the order he describes on page? - (answers)He tried to find the general
principles or first causes of all that is or can be in the world
Without directly maligning Aristotle, Descartes heaps scorn and contempt on those alive who
still follow him, by comparing them to climbing ivy. Which of the following best explains this
criticism? - (answers)Just like the ivy on a tree cannot go higher than that on which it climbs the
followers of Aristotle often end up with less understanding than their master
Where do empiricists say that all knowledge comes from (p. 39)? - (answers)Experience
What does this mean: "It appears, that in single instances of the operation of bodies we never
can, by our utmost scrutiny, discover anything but one event following another, without being
able to comprehend any force of power by which the cause operates or any connection between it
and its supposed effect." Pick the one best answer - (answers)b. We never experience causes,
only events that follow other events, no necessary connection
What is Hume attacking? - (answers)all the above
, 4. Which of the following defines the "correspondence theory of truth" (p.39)? - (answers)The
truth of the sentence, statement or proposition consists simply in its correspondence with the
facts.
. Which of the following defines the "coherence theory of truth" (p. 39)? Pick the one best
option. - (answers). The truth of the sentence, statement or proposition depends on human
thought alone.
1. Why does Kant say that we never learn of space and time through experience? - (answers)We
never perceive objects that are not in space and time
Which of the following does NOT apply to the "central insight of the German philosopher
Immanuel Kant"? - (answers)b. All of our knowledge depends solely on our sensory ability to
drink in information from the world
"Kant wished to strike a new path between two strands of 18th century philosophy. The
rationalists had argued that reason can comprehend the world unaided by the senses, whereas the
empiricist maintained that all knowledge must be firmly grounded in experience. Both have their
weaknesses." Which of the following best explains the weakness of the rationalists? - (answers).
It can say much about the world but sacrifices certainty
. "Kant wished to strike a new path between two strands of 18th century philosophy. The
rationalists had argued that reason can comprehend the world unaided by the senses, whereas the
empiricist maintained that all knowledge must be firmly grounded in experience. Both have their
weaknesses." Which of the following best explains the weakness of the empiricists? - (answers)It
may be indubitably true but says little about the way the world is
What is Hegel's dialectic? - (answers)The process of a synthesis confronting its opposition and
becoming a new synthesis
. For Hegel how is all progressed achieved? - (answers). Through the conflict of opposites
What is the currency of Hegel's dialectic? - (answers)b. Freedom
