You should know the definitions of the following words for fill in the blank questions:
Philosophy
Ontology
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Value Theory
Empiricism
Tabula rasa
a posteriori
Rationalism
Innate ideas
a priori
Skepticism
Cartesian Dualism
Impressions
Ideas
Relations of Ideas
Matters of Fact
You should also be able to provide the following information:
- Explain the structure of an ancient Athenian Trial.
- Articulate the charges brought up against Socrates.
- Explain how Socrates responds to the charge that he is corrupting the youth of Athens.
- Explain Socrates epistemological position with particular reference to the Oracle at Delphi.
- Explain Socrates conception of the best sort of human existence.
- Explain Socrates conception of the role and responsibilities of the philosopher in society.
- Explain Al-Ghazali's criteria for knowledge.
- Explain the two sources of knowledge Al-Ghazali initially considers and his reason for rejecting them.
- Explain the three steps of Mysticism Al-Ghazali articulates.
- Articulate the hierarchy of belief Al-Ghazali articulates as well as the way he uses this hierarchy to counter the claim that mystics are ridiculous or mistaken.
- Explain the three forms of doubt Descartes considers as well as which beliefs each form of doubt calls into question and what beliefs remain.
- Explain Descartes' Cogito argument.
- Explain Cartesian Dualism and explain how this supports Descartes' rationalism.
- Explain what it means to be a thinking thing and what an extended substance is.
- Explain Hume's distinction between an idea and an impression and how we tell them apart.
- Articulate the two arguments Hume gives in support of the claim that all ideas are derived from impressions.
- Explain Hume's account of where our knowledge about matter of fact and causality come from.
- Articulate the epistemological position of 12 Angry Men and compare it to the other authors we have studied.
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