PHIL 115 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Analytic Geometry, Myriagon, Megagon

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 115
• Professor: Jacqueline M Davies

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Multiple choice (just read over meditation 1,2,6 and cartesian; descartes; do(cid:374)(cid:859)t memorize) He doubts what can be doubted but says that this does not prove that beliefs that can be doubted are false. (cid:862)whate(cid:448)e(cid:396) (cid:271)eliefs ha(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)e to (cid:373)e th(cid:396)ough the se(cid:374)ses(cid:863: he says that sometimes i could be fooled by my senses and is sometimes (cid:862)de(cid:272)epti(cid:448)e. (cid:863) It is wiser and more logical to not trust entirely to anything by which we have once been deceived. He can tell the difference between dreaming and waking. Even if he cant be sure if he is experiencing reality itself or just imagining something, even something imaginary has to have some basis in reality. E(cid:448)e(cid:374) e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374) d(cid:396)ea(cid:373)s (cid:272)o(cid:373)e f(cid:396)o(cid:373) so(cid:373)e(cid:449)he(cid:396)e, e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if thi(cid:374)gs a(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:395)uite what they seem, the components of the dreams must be from reality, (e. g. the horns and horses are real although he dreams of unicorns)