Exam 5: The Sources of Knowledge

In Hume's philosophy, all the contents of our mind can be reduced to those given by the senses and experience. He calls these

developed the view that is now known as transcendental idealism.

What philosopher argued that scientific claims or hypotheses must be capable of being falsified through empirical observations?

What philosopher argues that space and time are structures within our minds?

Martin Luther launched the Protestant revolution.

In what way does Kant's account of knowledge combine elements of both rationalism and empiricism? Do you believe that Kant is successful in overcoming Humean skepticism? Explain your answer.

Rationalism is the view that

The British empiricists, according to your text, are

Personal memory is

Who compared the mind to a blank slate?

What, according to Shankara, was real?

According to Jainism, the practice of is key to our future liberation. It basically means the avoidance of all aggression, injury, or harm to other living things.

Carried to an extreme Berkeley's thinking can become

Who was a Romantic philosopher?

What philosopher argued that hallucinations, dreams and other illusions give rise to errors that we "sublate" when we see that they are contradicted by other things our senses show us in the world around us?

Are there any differences between Descartes' skepticism and that of Hume? If you think that there are, outline them, and explain how they might have contributed to the different epistemological views of these two philosophers. If you think that there are no such differences between the skepticisms of these two philosophers, provide an explanation of how their respective epistemologies are so different from each other.

Locke was an empiricist.

Critical realists hold that only is present in the consciousness of objects.

Theories like Kant's are sometimes called theories as they hold that we put reality together.

Innate ideas are ideas that