Philosophy 12 - Skepticism

What are the two realms of reality?

Outer and Inner

The outer realm of reality is…

The physical world

The inner realm of reality is…

The world of our experience

Who suggested that even if the mind is programmed by god there is still a physical world around us.

Leibniz

What makes things true?

If they reference facts of the physical world

What is the two world assumption?

What we know directly are our own ideas and experiences, not the physical world itself

Priori

Necessary truths

Skepticism

A set of doubts that we might not actually know our world at all.

What was Descartes method of doubt?

He disregarded any fact that could be even slightly proven wrong.

Is Descartes a rationalist?

Yes he needed proof for facts

What were the two statements David Hume accepted?

There is an external world without us.

Each person is in direct contact with only their mind.

Was Hume an empiricist

Yes he believed all knowledge came from experience

Truth of reason is?

Always true because the other option would be a contradiction.

Humes fork is..

The belief that every justifiable true statement is either a truth of reason or a matter of fact

Priori

Truth of reason

Empirical

Matter of fact

Knowledge of causes

Understanding why something happens