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WorksheetsRene Descartes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
In Descartes theory of innate knowledge, which of these was NOT one of his axioms?
nothing come from nothing.
i think, therefore i am.
what is done cannot be undone.
you are not your soul, you are your body.
Who was Rene Descartes?
An innatist
An empiricist
A confused man
God
What was Descartes trying to find out?
To prove the existence of God.
Making sure that he is able to secure what he knows.
Why are we here?
Where does knowledge come from?
The intuition and [blank] thesis.
(a)
What does intuition mean?
Your gut instinct.
Being able to intellectually apprehend an idea.
A feeling.
Being able to distinguish between right and wrong.
What type of ideas does Descartes wish to identify?
Clear
Distant
Distinct
Clean
In response to the intuition and deduction thesis, Humes Fork separated knowledge into what two categories?
Matters of fact
Relation of facts
Matters of ideas
Relation of ideas
The axiom, "I think, therefore i am" is what?
Syllogism
Inference
Opinion
Fact
What does Descartes characterise his doubt into?
Evil deceiver
God
Satan
Santa
Which of these is NOT one of Descartes arguments to prove God's existence?
The trademark argument
The astronomical argument
The ontological argument
The cosmological argument
What is the conclusion of the Cosmological argument?
I have the idea of God, who is a perfect being.
(by elimination) Therefore, only God could have created me
(by elimination) God exists
(by elimination) God created the world
What does the word Ontological mean?
The study of God.
The study of life.
The study of what exists.
The study of what doesn't exist.
Which two people had objections to Descartes ontological argument?
Gaunillo
Leibniz
Kant
Hume
What does Descartes system fall into?
The circle of life.
The Christmas circle.
The Cartesian circle.
The combustion circle.
How are you feeling?
