Rene
Meditations 1-2
Meditations 3-4
Meditations 5-6
Philosophy Randoms
100
What country was Descartes born in?
France
100
What evil force was Descartes trying to blame for his deception caused by the senses?
The evil demon.
100
Adam and Eve
What is the biblical story that can be assumed through Descartes idea of Go giving us the power of knowledge but becoming finite trough our decisions?
100
What Geometric figure does Descartes talk about in meditation 5?
The Triangle.
100
I only know that ______________. - Socrates
I know nothing.
200
What mathematical concept used in both algebra and geometry is Descartes known to have contributed?
Cartesian Coordinate Plane/system.
200
Our ______ is why we are perfect in this world.
Imperfection.
200
The existence of WHAT benevolent external force is proven by Descartes' rationale?
The existence of God.
200
The mind exists in _____ while the body exists in ______ and _______.
Time, time, space.
200
Mind is to software as brain is to _______.
Hardware.
300
Descartes is known as the father of modern ________'
Philosophy
300
The Latin phrase "Cogito Ergo Sum" can be translated into?
I think therefore I am.
300
What is the name of Descartes 4th meditation
Truth and Falsity/Falsehood.
300
What philosophical concept is Descartes known to be a strong defender? Also known as "Philosophy of Mind"
Substance dualism.
300
What is the name of the competition that uses the Turing test for artificial intelligence?
Loebner competition.
400
What other two branches of philosophy is Descartes known to have contributed to?
Epistemology and Metaphysics.
400
What does Descartes conclude after his first meditation?
That he exists because he is able to think.
400
What God given notion does Descartes explain is the reason why were finite and prone to errors?
Free will.
400
Through what medium does Descartes explain the reason why we have the capacity to learn the truth about intellectual and corporeal things?
God.
400
What program on Netflix did Janet say she liked?
The Twilight Zone
500
What church in France had to approve Descartes work before it was published?
The Catholic church.
500
Why does Descartes say the mind is better known than the body?
Descartes believes that we can only determine what is true and real through the mind and since the body isn't within the mind we can not know much about what is true and real about the body.
500
What is a possible valid argument for Descartes' ontological explanation?
1).I have an idea of supremely perfect being, (a being having all perfections.) 2).Necessary existence is a perfection. 3).Therefore, a supremely perfect being exists. *answers may vary
500
How did Descartes' believe that signals traveled to the brain from our senses?
Animal Spirits.
500
What was Socrates convicted of by the Athenian Court?
"Socrates is guilty of crime in refusing to recognise the gods acknowledged by the state, and importing strange divinities of his own; he is further guilty of corrupting the young" -Xenophon
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