Part I: Fill-in-the-Blank. You should know the definitions of the following vocabulary terms. A word bank will be provided on the exam. - Philosophy
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Axiology
- Empiricism
- tabula rasa
- a posteriori
- Rationalism
- innate ideas
- a priori
- Common-sense skepticism
- Methodological skepticism
- Absolute skepticism
- Primary quality
- Secondary quality
- Indirect Realism
- Subjective Idealism
- Analytic Statements
- Synthetic Statements
- Induction
Part II: Short Answer. You should be able to explain the following: - The structure of an Athenian Trial.
- The three charges leveled against Socrates.
- The Socratic Method
- Socrates's story about the Oracle at Delphi, including the conclusion we should draw from it.
- Socrates' conception of the role of the philosopher.
- Descartes' three forms of doubt including: the nature of the doubt; the beliefs called into question by that form of doubt; the beliefs that survive that form of doubt.
- The difference between Primary and Secondary qualities.
- Berkeley's two sorts of ideas.
- The meaning of the phrase "esse is percipi" and its relevance to Berkeley.
- Berkeley's three responses to Locke.
- How Berkeley accounts for the seeming independence objects have from us.
- Hume's distinction between ideas and impressions.
- The two arguments Hume gives for the claim that all ideas are derived from some impression.
- Hume's account of the difference between Relation of Ideas and Matters of Fact.
- Hume's account of the source of our idea of causality.
- The Problem of Induction.
- Ayer's view of what counts as knowledge (Justified True Belief)
- Gettier's criticism of Ayer and the Justified True Belief account of knowledge.
Part III: Essay. You should be prepared to write an essay in which you relate the film 12 Angry Men to two of the authors we have studied. The essay should be 1-2 pages long. | 