Philosophy 1022E : FallTermReviewGuide.docx
17 Jun 2014
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Devine retribution evil is punishment for bad actions: seems like a sledgehammer to kill a fly, many are punished who are not guilty; many are guilty who are not punished. Free will defence: god gave some power to human in the form of free will. Soul making defence (redefines meaning of benevolence) : gods benevolence does not consist in being easy on everyone, but in providing opportunities for personal soul growth: some have much more hardship than others. ), and have more chance to grow (good?). Descartes project: take down the shakey edifice of knowledge in order to find certain knowledge on which to build it again. Method of doubt memory, sense perception, mathematics, evil genius. Cogito ergo sum ( i think therefore i am) the only knowledge that cannot be doubted. Was descartes a sceptic about the external world? in the end, no. He thought certainty of world could be built on certainty of the cogito.
