Descartes
What was Descartes’ primary goal in the First Meditation?
To establish certainty/to expose all things that can be doubted
How does Hobbes define reason?
Reckoning, that is, adding and subtracting consequences of names
What object did Locke compare to the mind at birth?
A blank slate, tabula rasa
Which example does Descartes use to illustrate the difficulty of distinguishing wakefulness from dreaming?
Sitting by the fire in a dressing gown
According to Hobbes, what is felicity in this life?
Continual success in obtaining desired things
What is Locke's distinction between primary and secondary qualities?
Primary qualities are in physical bodies, secondary qualities cause sensations in us, or are sensations in us
Which sciences does Descartes consider most certain even under radical doubt?
Arithmetic and geometry
According to Hobbes, what is the origin of all thoughts?
Sense
Solidity, extension and figure are examples of what kind of qualities, according to Locke?
primary qualities
According to Descartes, what is the essence of the self?
A thinking thing
What term does Hobbes use for imagination when it expresses fading sense?
Memory
Colour, taste, and sound are examples of what kind of qualities for Locke?
secondary qualities
In the Discourse on Method, what is one test Descartes proposes to distinguish humans from machines?
The ability to use language to express thought
What does Hobbes identify as the first internal beginning of voluntary motion?
Imagination
What are the two sources of all ideas, according to Locke?
objects (sensation) and internal processes (reflection)