Descartes
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English | Latin |
|---|---|
 who is the father of modern philosphy | rene descartes |
| what is the indubitable source of knowledge | innate source of knowledge; goal or Descartes' philosophy |
| how did descartes affirm that the senses are prone to knowledge? | 1) dreams 2) hypothetical situations / imaginings (Evil Genius) |
| methodical doubting | method used to find the indubitable source of knowledge, also called Systematic/Cartesian doubting |
| in the order of things, what was descartes more concerned with? | ordo cognoscendi (order of discovery) > ordo essendi (order of being) |
| what is the translation of "i think, therefore i am" | cogito ergo sum |
| how does descartes prove that god exists | he believes that what is clear, distinct and understandable must be true, and we have a clear & distinct idea of God, therefore he exists and is a necessary condition for perfection |
| what is an ontological argument | an argument extracted from within, innate |
| what were descartes' scholastic ideas | we are restless creatures made for infinity, we are restless til we are with God |
| what was the major criticism against descartes | God is infinite so He must be prior to your existence (ordo essendi); God placed the idea in your head |
| what is cartesian dualism | the soul is separate from the body |
| what was st. anselm's ontological argument for god's existence? | god is that of which nothing greater can be conceived; only a fool will say God doesn't exist |
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