Exam 3: Knowledge

Nāgārjuna claims that sense perception should be understood as

Smith knows that he has ten coins in his pocket.

According to Kant, the proposition "every alteration has its cause," is a(n) ___ proposition.

According to Kant, the following would be considered a synthetic a priori judgment:

Synthetic judgments are those in which the subject does not contain the predicate.

Leibniz claims that we are not always aware of the contents of our memory.

Feminist epistemologists hold that women's "double vision" is biological in nature.

According to Narayan, integrating women's perspectives into male-dominated views of the world will

Locke considers the perspective of a skeptic, who will "distrust his senses . . . and affirm that all we see and hear, feel and taste, think and do, during our whole being, is but the series and deluding appearances of a long dream whereof there is no reality. . . ." How does Locke respond to the skeptic? Is his response to the skeptic compelling? Why or why not?

Explain the meaning of the phrase tabula rasa. What is Leibniz's view regarding whether the mind is a tabula rasa? How does Leibniz's view differ from Locke's view?

Leibniz argues that

Nāgārjuna includes introspection as one of the sense faculties.

Leibniz claims that sense experience is necessary for all our actual knowledge.

Empirical knowledge is called a priori.

How does Berkeley argue for the existence of other minds? Do you find the argument convincing? Explain.

Which of the following does Nāgārjuna describe as sense faculties?

Knowledge that is only possible through experience is called