Exam 6: Knowledge and Skepticism

Hume believes that external objects resemble internal perceptions.

Descartes claims that if he perceives something clearly and distinctly, he can know it with certainty.

Like Hume, Locke also accepts a radical skepticism about the external world.

Empirical evidence can show that the principle of induction is true.

Following Locke, apply an inference-to-the-best-explanation argument to the notion that we are all now living in the Matrix. According to this argument, is it plausible that we are in the Matrix?

Locke claims that secondary qualities are in the objects themselves.

Berkeley insists that heat and cold are

Berkeley is willing to accept the conventional distinction between primary and secondary qualities.

What reasons does Locke give for rejecting the notion of innate ideas? According to Locke, what is the difference between primary and secondary qualities?

Hume thinks that causes and effects are discoverable by reason.

Descartes declares that he is a

Locke asserts that all the components of reason and knowledge come from

According to Hume, custom alone renders our experience useful to us.

Berkeley asserts that existing and perceiving are