Philosophers Flashcards
What does Descartes say we must first do to find certain knowledge?
Doubt everything
What was the crisis of knowledge that cause Descartes to begin his attempt to find truth?
There was no source of truth
What does Descartes call the ideas that survive the test of doubt?
Clear and distinct ideas
What do rationalists believe about our source if knowledge?
We are born with all knowledge in our brains and we discover it
What do empiricists believe about our source of knowledge?
Truth must be experienced by our senses
What does tabula rasa mean
Blank slate
How does Locke believe we acquire knowledge
By experience
What is humes critique of Locke
Locke made it too easy
What is the bundle theory
Our minds bundle ssi’s and assume they’re true
What does Hume say about our believe of cause and effect
We e created if by experience but can’t always believe it’s true
What does Hume leave us with
Skepticism
What is a priori knowledge
Experiences
How do a priori and a posteriori work together
Priori is the framework for posteriori
How is our perception of time and space part of our knowledge
Space is how the mind arranges thing spatially and time is how our mind arranges chronologically
What is the problem with das ding an sich or the thing in itself
We will never have knowledge of the thing independently
