Philosophy Exam 2

Augustine: Disprove Socrates' assertion that evil comes from ignorance. Sin that enjoys it is a sin.

Locke's idea that _______ is a result of the way things actually are; the way we represent something in our minds

Knowledge through the senses and experience. Aquinas, Humanism, Descartes, Hobbes,

Locke thinks this doesn't exist. Descartes thinks this concept is how we have the understanding of God.

Locke and Descartes

mind independent world

original texts, original languages, and empirical research

What most philosophers tried to combat. challenged the adequacy or reliability of these claims by asking what principles they are based upon or what they actually establish

God is the greatest conceivable thing. Anselm

The simpler the better

Descartes claim for existence