Module 5 Flashcards
Phenomenon
A perceptual or sensory experience that might be supernatural
noumenon
reality; an object that actually exists.
phenomenon/noumenon distinction
simply points out that objects are different from their qrepresentations in our subjective minds, and highlights the fact that our subjective representations of said objects can in fact misrepresent those objects.
Nature
Referring to the totality of physical reality
Natural vs. Supernatural
Natural: concrete objects, pitted against abstract objects which are super-natural
Natural Philosophy
Essentially science.
Rationalism
Knowledge can be acquired without reason (a priori).
This system is perfectly sufficient (it can explain everything!)
Empiricism
No knowledge can be required through reason alone, experience is needed. (A posteriori)
Queen Christina of Sweden
The person who invited Descartes to Stockholm, where he died of a sickness.
indubitability
Propositions that bear the quality of certainty. “I exist”, since it cannot be doubted since doubting it would be evidence of existing.
dubitability
a quality of propositions that says that the proposition can be false
Certainty
an objective quality of propositions stating impossibility of isolation
isolation
when the proposition is disconnected from objective reality
Method of doubt
1) subjecting all of one’s beliefs to Cartesian Skepticism, and then 2) simply recognizing any residual beliefs that might remain after this rigorous philosophical ordeal.
Ancient Cities
