Module 6

Question 1

basic belief

Answer 1

a belief that is epistemically foundational

Question 2

indubitability

Answer 2

a proposed quality of some propositions such that denying the would entail logical incoherence

Question 3

dubitability

Answer 3

quality of some propositions such that denying them would not entail logical incoherence

Question 4

certainty

Answer 4

an objective quality of propositions, where the subject believes without a doubt that a belief corresponds with objective reality.

Question 5

isolation

Answer 5

the opposite of certainty; where the proposition is disconnected from objective reality.

Question 6

foundationalism

Answer 6

a type of epistemology that states one proposition can have other propositions build on top of it.

Question 7

Mathematical Certainty

Answer 7

While working as an engineer for the military in the Dutch Republic, Descartes discovered analytical geometry. In developing this new form of geometry, Descartes became intimately familiar with the notion of mathematical proofs.

Question 8

Method of Doubt

Answer 8

Subjecting all of one’s beliefs to Cartesian Skepticism, and recognizing any beliefs that remain are philosophical ordeal.

Question 9

Cartesian Skepticism

Answer 9

Compromised of the Dream Argument and the Evil Demon argument.