philosophy exam review

descartes 3 truths

1) i think there for i am meaning he doubted everything and said someone must be doing the doubting 2) a perfect god exist meaning imperfect being could not have created perfection on its own 3) the external world exist so a none deciveing god would not fool us about the existence of the world

how did aristotle believe you could know things?

through observation, experience and reason

what does tabula rasa mean?

a latin phrase for blank slate

primary quality?

characterisitcs that are truly apart of an object and exist wheather anyone obeserves them or not for example size,#, shape

secondary quaility?

they do not exist in the object but are produced in our minds when we percieve the object for example colour,taste,smell,sound ow did berkeley disagree with lockh

how did berkeley disagree with locke?

he disargeed about the existnce of primary quailities and locke is saying they exist in the object itself and berkely said it depends on perception

philosopphical crutch

is the idea of god as the constant percevier it works because objects only exist when they are perceived

what is the theory of human identity?

what makes a person the same person overtime?

what is the essence of mind?

the mind is a thinking thing hat is the essence of bw

what is the essence of the body?

the body is an extended thing that takes up space

what does the turing test suggest about ai?

if ai can carry on a conversation so well that a human cannot reliably tell it apart from another human then ai is considered intelligent

what does the chinese room experiment say about ai?

sasy ai an process info and give intelligent looking answers without truly understanding what is it saying.

what are the 5 moral percepts

1. do nit kill 2. do not steal 3. do not engage in sexual misconduct 4. do not lie 5. do not take intoxicants

what is categorical imperative?

you should only act in a way that you would want everyone else to act in the same situation

what is the greatest happiness principle?

the right action is the one that produces the greatest happiness for the greatest # of people

thales

thales of miletus, asked fundentmental questions and wanted to know of what all things are composed?

Anaximander

he said everything is water in the world, a student of thales and all life come from the sea including creatures and humans

anaximenes

air is to be basis of all creation, a young associate of anaximander, and an explanation of how one basic substance can become many things

pythagoras

saw music as a big example of math, first person to recoginze importance of math and basic universal forms that shape life

heraclitus

cosntant change, was disliked most his life and fundamnetally connected in a unity beyond temporary

parmendies

everything which exists has always existed, change occurs with out senses which fools us

empedocles

he asked himself why the elements even change, positive and negative forces and claimed things change but yet one thing cannot become another