Part I: You should know the definitions of the following words for fill in the blank questions:
Materialism
Idealism
Dualism
Monism
Pluralism
Yin
Yang
Cosmology
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 "non-being" in Taoism.
- 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 Locke's distinction between Primary and Secondary Qualities
- Explain Locke's conception of Indirect Realism
- Explain Berkeley's claim that "esse is percipi" as well as the "Inconceivability Argument" he gives for it.
- Explain Berkeley's three arguments against Locke.
- Explain the role of God in Berkeley's Subjective Idealism.
- 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 the authors we have studied. |
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