Philosophy Homework Help

Define / explain the philosophical subject: ‘Epistemology’ (15 points) II. True / False (1 points each = 15 points) 1. TRUE or FALSE: Rene Descartes held that the fundamental truth that he could know with certainty was cogito ergo sum. 2. TRUE or FALSE: Rene Descartes held that the fundamental truth that he could know with certainty was tabula rasa. 3. TRUE or FALSE: Rene Descartes rejected the usefulness of doubt as a part of philosophical method. 4. TRUE or FALSE: David Hume s was a ‘rationalist’ in his epistemology and is acknowledged to be “the Father of Modern Philosophy.” 5. TRUE or FALSE: Rene Descartes thought that proper philosophical method / epistemology and produce beliefs that are certain /are true with logical certainty. 6. TRUE or FALSE: Rene Descartes’ claim that unless we are certain of a belief we do not really ‘know’ what we believe led to an unintended result of skepticism for many. 7. TRUE or FALSE: David Hume was an ‘empiricist’ philosopher and held that all knowledge is based upon sense perceptions of the world. 8. TRUE or FALSE: David Hume denied that belief in ‘cause-effect relations’ is grounded in perceptions – and held that such belief was 9.TRUE or FALSE: David Hume’s denial of knowledge of cause-effect relations led to skepticism on the part of many. 10. TRUE or FALSE: Immanuel Kant held that we must have both concepts and perceptions / experiences to have knowledge. 11. TRUE or FALSE: Immanuel Kant sought to create an account of knowledge that would combine necessary elements of both rationalist and empiricist traditions in epistemology. 12. TRUE or FALSE: Immanuel Kant’ like Descartes and Hume, held that the mind is passive in the knowing process. 13. TRUE or FALSE: Immanuel Kant held that the world makes it contribution to knowledge by means of ‘perceptions.’ 14. TRUE or FALSE: Immanuel Kant held that the mind makes its contribution to knowledge means of its concepts / categories of the understanding. 15. TRUE or FALSE: Immanuel Kant held that we can know noumena (the noumenal world) and not merely phenomena (the phenomenal world). III. Multiple Choice (5 points each = 10 points) 1. Characteristics of the rationalist tradition in epistemology include: A. knowing is “outside-in” B. knowing is “inside out” C. mind is seen as a tabula rasa D. the existence of innate ideas is affirmed E. probability is the standard for ‘knowledge’ F. A and C and E G. B and D and E H. B and D 2. Characteristics of the empiricist tradition in epistemology include: A. knowing is “outside-in” B. knowing is “inside-out” C. mind is seen as a tabula rasa D. the existence of innate ideas is affirmed E. certainty is the standard of knowledge F. A and C and E G. A and C H. D and Emerely a matter of mental ‘habit.’