Part I: You should know the definitions of the following words for fill in the blank questions:
Metaphysics
Materialism
Idealism
Dualism
Monism
Pluralism
Yin
Yang
Cosmogeny
Theory of Forms
Noumenal Realm
Phenomenal Realm
Platonic Dualism
Cartesian DualismPrimary Qualities Secondary Qualities Indirect Realism Subjective Idealism
Part II: You should also be able to provide the following information:
- Explain Cartesian Dualism
- Explain Descartes' account of Thinking Things and Extended Substance
- Explain the role of being and non-being in Taoism and illustrate it with an example.
- Explain the role of Yin and Yang in Taoism.
- Explain the Taoist cosmology.
- Explain Plato's Sun Analogy
- Explain Plato's Line Analogy
- Explain Plato's Allegory of the Cave, including the conclusions we are supposed to draw from this allegory.
- Explain the distinction between primary and secondary qualities.
- Explain the two sorts of ideas Berkeley considers.
- Explain the meaning of Berkeley's claim that "esse is percipi" and the argument he gives for it.
- Articulate the three arguments Berkeley gives against Locke's indirect realism.
- Explain the role of God in Berkeley's metaphysics.
- Explain and illustrate with an example each of the four forms of integration that are associated with the Pre-Columbian Mesoamericans.
Part III: Lastly, be prepared to write an essay in which you discuss metaphysical themes in the film eXistenZ and compare those themes to other authors we have read. |
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