Argument
The theory that Newton critiqued based on their hypotheses
Mechanism
The primary qualities of bodies
Size, shape, texture (arrangement of parts), motion
Wheatley's theological imagery that depicts moral evil
Black as Cain
Leibniz's definition of God
wise, all-powerful, and perfectly good
Hope was born in the state of ______
Texas
A critique of theism that comes in two varieties, a logical and evidential version
Problem of Evil
Philosopher who argued that the observed beauty and order of nature implies an intelligent designer
Newton
Leibniz's view of the world's future
Optimistic, or Progressive (getting better over time)
Sadra's definition of God
Being or perfection
Montoro's first critique is that jealousy ______ the beloved
debases or devalues
The structure of a demonstrative argument for God's existence
Reasoning from cause to effect
Who maintained that bodily forms are not reducible to matter
Aristotle or Aristotelians
Sadra's account of evil
privation, or a lack of perfection
Sadra's definition of created beings
Modulation of being, deficiency, ontological indigence, or ontological poverty
Something whose opposite is a contradiction
Necessary
The qualities of body that are mind-dependent, on a mechanist view
Tastes, smells, tactile qualities, color, and sounds
What Wheatley compares chattel slavery to in the Dartmouth poem
British Tyranny
Sor Juana's philosophical methodology
Start from personal experience and then generalize (e.g., final response to Montoro)
Leibniz posits that God is the _______ why there is something rather than nothing
reason
A presentation of a situation that provokes a greater self-awareness, either of your beliefs or experience
Thought Experiment
What Boyle and Newton excluded from the sphere of their scientific explanation
Soul, spirit, or mind
A metaphysical distinction that is key to how Leibniz reconciles evil with the goodness of creation
Parts versus wholes
The two examples that Sor Juana gives as an analogy for how jealousy naturally follows from love
wetness from water and smoke from fire
In "I beg you, Señora," Sor Juana writes that "If loving you is a sin, don't expect me to do ______"
penance