PHIL 2 - DESCARTES PART 1

Which of these books Descartes did not write...

• Meditations on First Philosophy

• Discourse on Method

• Principles of Philosophy

• Critique of Pure Reason

The Meditation on First Philosophy is made up of

• 2 meditations

• 3 meditations

• 4 meditations

• 6 meditations

In the Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes tries to: pick the wrong answer

• arrive at some beliefs that could not possibly be false

• prove the existence of God

• prove that the senses are a reliable source of knowledge

• prove that the mind is distinct from the body

Descartes wants to do in philosophy what ***** [fill with the appropriate name] did in the sciences

• Newton

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

Galileo's contributions to observational astronomy include , pick the wrong answer

• telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus

• the discovery of the moons of Jupiter

• the observation of Saturn's rings

• development of celestial maps of planetary movements via spherical astrolab

Descartes' ideas were influenced by which of these thinkers, pick the wrong answer

• Tycho Brahe

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Plato

The Method of Doubt is a systematic process of doubting ones own beliefs in order to ascertain which beliefs are true

• TRUE

• FALSE

The first thing that comes under scrutiny when Descartes decides to apply the method of radical doubt is/are:

• the intellect

• imagination

• the senses

• none of the above

Notable perceptual mistakes involve: pick the wrong answer

• the waterfall effect

• the Ebbinghaus illusion

• the Ponzo illusion

• Prof. Farina's effect

The dream arguments shows that all empirical beliefs should not be trusted. such beliefs include: pick the wrong answer

• •All beliefs about the external world

• •All beliefs about physical and perceptual things

• •All beliefs relating to the body

• •All beliefs relating to the mind