You should know the definitions of the following words and concepts for fill-in-the-blank questions:
Ontology
Epistemology
Value Theory
Materialism
Idealism
Dualism
Monism
Pluralism
Empiricism
tabula rasa
a posteriori
| Rationalism
innate ideas
a priori
Skepticism
Indirect Realism
Subjective Idealism
Christendom |
In addition you should be able to explain the following concepts:- Locke's distinction between Primary and Secondary Qualities.
- Locke's account of "Indirect Realism."
- The two sorts of ideas Berkeley articulates.
- Berkeley's claim that "Esse is percipi"
- Berkeley's account of "Subjective Idealism."
- Berkeley's three responses to Locke's Indirect Realism.
- Berkeley's account of the role of God within his metaphysics.
- Hume's distinction between Ideas and Impression and his account of how we tell the difference.
- Hume's account of the four creative powers of the mind.
- Hume's two arguments for his claim that all ideas are derived from impressions.
- Hume's "Missing shade of blue" argument.
- Hume's account of the three ways our minds relate different ideas.
- Hume's account of "Relations of Ideas" vs. "Matters of Fact."
- Hume's account of the origin of our idea of causality.
- Hume's Problem of Induction.
- Kierkegaard's distinction between Objective and Subjective Knowledge.
- Kierkegaard's criticism of Christendom.
- Kierkegaard's criticism of Philosophy.
- Kierkegaard's account of Faith.
Lastly, you should be prepared to write an essay in which you relate the views of the author's we have studied to the film Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai. |
|
