PHI 101 Ch.9 Questions with Correct Answers
Descartes says that, for all he knows, he may be __________.
dreaming.
Descartes argues against trusting the senses on the grounds that __________.
they sometimes deceive him.
Descartes seeks __________ as the foundation of knowledge.
certainty.
A priori knowledge is knowledge gained __________.
independently of or before sense experience.
__________ is the view that our knowledge of the empirical world comes solely through
sense experience.
Empiricism
__________ is the view that through unaided reason we can come to know what the
world is like.
Rationalism.
According to Descartes, if __________ is his standard, he cannot tell the difference
between __________.
sensation; dreaming and waking.
Descartes supposes that he is dreaming because he cannot distinguish __________.
dreaming from waking.
Descartes says that, for all he knows, he may be __________.
dreaming.
Descartes argues against trusting the senses on the grounds that __________.
they sometimes deceive him.
Descartes seeks __________ as the foundation of knowledge.
certainty.
A priori knowledge is knowledge gained __________.
independently of or before sense experience.
__________ is the view that our knowledge of the empirical world comes solely through
sense experience.
Empiricism
__________ is the view that through unaided reason we can come to know what the
world is like.
Rationalism.
According to Descartes, if __________ is his standard, he cannot tell the difference
between __________.
sensation; dreaming and waking.
Descartes supposes that he is dreaming because he cannot distinguish __________.
dreaming from waking.
