PHIL 2 - EMPIRICISM

Prior to the 16th century Philosophy was guided by

• Reinassance humanism

• positivism

• kantism

• none of the above

For Reinassance Humanists reality was designed with humans in mind (humans were literally at the center of the Universe)

• TRUE

• FALSE

One of the first intellectuals who attacked this understanding of the world was

• Ptolemy

• St Francis of Assisi

• Marsilio Ficino

• Copernicus

Copernicus' approach laid down the foundation for modern science (importance of practical observations)

• TRUE

• FALSE

Giordano Bruno was

• an Italian racer

• an Italian chemist

• an Italian philosopher and cosmologist

• an Italian geographer

For rationalists they key source of knowledge is imagination

• TRUE

• FALSE

The intellect,according to Rationalists, systematises the rather confused impressions that we get from the senses

• TRUE

• FALSE

John Locke was

• An Australian Crickter

• An English philosopher

• A Scottish warrior

• An Irish Professional Drinker

Which of these book did J. Locke write?

• An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

• Sophistical Refutations

• Treatise on Human Nature

• Discourse of the Method

One of the goals of Locke's essay is to:

• to offer a critique of the faculty of reason

• to discover where our ideas come from

• to establish a rational principle (Foundational) for all kind of knowledge

• none of the above