Rene Descartes and Mao Tse-Tung

PPT 3

I think, therefore I am and I am I exist

What are Rene Descartes famous quotes?

Classical and Social

Epistemology is divided into?

first

in which meditation does skepticism unfold or the methodic doubt

first

in which meditation does foundationalism unfold

foundationalism

to address skepticism, descartes relied on?

Classical

in this type, it focuses on the question “How can I, as a thinking subject, know anything with certainty?”

agent -> object

what is the relationship of subject to object in classical epistemology

classical

a single agent (knower) confronting an object (the thing known)

skepticism

deliberately doubting everything to find what is indubitable

first

in which meditation is the goal to noy deny reality but to sweep away uncertain beliefs until only certainty remains

Malicious Demon

what is introduced in the first meditation as the deceiver

solipsism

what is the concept that the only thing that we can be certain of is ourselves?

second

in this meditation, descartes now know that he exist

social practice

according to mao tse-tung, where do correct ideas come from?

struggle in production, class struggle, scientific experiment

what are the components of social practice?

perception, cognition, social practice

what are the stages in achieving correct ideas?

perception

observe and experience reality

cognition

analyze and form concepts in the mind

social practice

test ideas in real life and society

epistemic agent

entities that can think

agent -> agent

what is the relationship in social epistemology

social

knowledge as a social process

social

knowledge forms between people not in solitary mind

social

“How do communities, groups, and societies create knowledge?”