PHL-225 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pineal Gland, Fallacy, Noble Lie
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This means that we and everything else are, in some sense, dependent upon. Descartes first and second mediations and six. Judao christianity: adopted substance pluralism (augustine, agwinas, Empiricism: cannot sense is (doesn"t exist//no idea of it) Dualism: while the mind and body ontologically are distinct substances they interact: i can doubt that my body exists, i cannot doubt that i exist as a thinking thing. Argument from illusion: have senses been deceiving us all along. Evil demon/genius: metaphysical doubt, is there an evil demon deceiving us to thinking things are real, 2+2=4 even though it doesn"t really. Think of things like mother, mountain, goat, etc. that are finite and limited then thinks of god who is infinite and unlimited. Can"t think of a finite amount like mothers, mountains, if it is not part of an infinite thing, god, god causes all of these things. Epistemology: study of nature and of knowledge and acquisition of knowledge.