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CHAPTERS 8, 9, 10, AND 11

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1.______________________Early Christians anticipated the second coming of this religious figure.

2.______________________This philosopher of early Christianity participated in worldly pleasures before becoming the Bishop of Hippo in 391.

3.______________________This was the mainstream Christian philosophy in medieval Europe from about 1100 to about 1300.

4._______________________Thomas Aquinas came up with five arguments to prove the existence of this being.

5._______________________This kind of doubt is part of Descartes’ method.

6._______________________Descartes’ method is similar to this mathematical subject.

7._______________________Descartes believed that we had these kinds of ideas from the time we were born because they were implanted in us by God.

8._______________________Descartes said that he existed because he could to this.

9._______________________Locke said that the ideas in our head were copies of this.

10.__________________________This philosopher said that if a tree fell in the woods and there was nobody there to hear it , it didn’t make a sound.

11.___________________________This philosopher said that the self was a bundle of impressions.

12.___________________________Kant said that we should treat people always as an end and never as this only.

13.___________________________Kant said that we should treat all human beings and ends and not as means only because they can do this.

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14._____________The Christian philosophers valued this more highly than reason.

A. Turbulence B. Contrariness C. Faith D. Stubborness

15._____________In this book St. Augustine said that the fall of Rome was part of God’s plan.

A. The Castle B. City of God C. The Ghetto D. Asphalt Jungle

16._______________This teacher of Thomas Aquinas mastered the huge quantity of learning made available by the Crusades.

A. John the Baptist B. St. Jerome C. Nostradamus D. Albertus Magnus

17.________________In Thomas Aquinas view evil was a lack of this.

A. Intelligence B. Foresight C. Goodness D. Luck

18.________________According to Descartes this is the ability to distinguish what is true from what is false.

A. Instinct B. Clairvoyance C. Intuition D. Good Sense

19._______________Accoridng to Descartes this is empirical knowledge derived from sense experience.

A. a priori knowledge B. A posteriori knowledge C. Acquired knowledge D. Total knowledge

20.________________Descarte said that the mind and body intermingled in this gland.

A. Pancreas B. Liver C. Gall Bladder D. Pineal gland

21._________________Locke said that sense experience was held together by this.

A. Substance B. Glue C. Adhesive D. Paste

22._________________Hume said that because of this we believed in the existence of the material world independent of sense experience even though we could not verify it.

A. Foresight B. Premeditation C. Practicality D. Imagination

23.__________________Hume said that this was more important than reason when it came to making moral judgements.

A. Foresight B. Sentiment C. Athleticism D. Wherewithal

24.____________________This is Kant’s term for reality independent from sense experience.

A. Noumenal Reality B. Serendipity C. Qualified experience D. Reductionism

25.__________________By saying we should treat people as an end rather than a means Kant is saying we should have this for them.

A. Envy B. Suspiciousness C. Respect D. Hatred

26.___________________These types of imperatives tell us what to do under specific variable conditions.

A. Hypothetical Imperative B. Personal Imperative C. Categorical Imperative D. The Imperative

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27.____________St. Augustine believed that reason without faith is dangerous because left to its own devices reason is guided by the will.

28._____________The Scholastics believed that philosophy was higher in the hierarchy of knowledge than faith.

29._______________Thomas Aquinas believed that our existence is contingent whereas God’s existence was necessary.

30._________________According to Thomas Aquinas God did not want love to exist in the universe.

31.__________________According to Thomas Aquinas one reason that evil exists in the world is because we have free will.

32.______________Descartes said the common sense is the ability to reason found in all adults that do not suffer from some kind of mental illness.

33._______________Descarte’s evil genius tried to make us believe that our life was a dream.

34.________________Descartes did not believe that God existed.

35._________________According to Locke all ideas originate in sense experience and reflection on sense experience.

36._________________Locke believed that when we were born our minds were like a full pantry chocked with a priori ideas.

37._________________Berkely believed that the copy theory of knowledge was wrong because there was nothing to copy since our perceptions were constantly changing.

38.__________________Kant believed that transcendental ideas unified the raw data of noumenal reality.

39.___________________Kant believed that in order to have good will it was not enough to have good intentions, we had to actually accomplish what we set out to accomplish.

40.____________________Kant believed that morality could be based on inclinations.

ESSAY QUESTIONS: ANSWER TWO OF THE FOUR ESSAY QUESTIONS: TWENTY POINTS EACH

1. What is Thomas Aquinas argument from motion to prove the existence of God?

1. What does Descartes’ concept of a priori ideas consist of?

1. What does Locke’s idea of the Tabla Rasa consist of?

1. Give the definitions of Kant’s three transcendental ideals.