PHIL 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cogito Ergo Sum, Evil Demon, A Priori And A Posteriori

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 100
• Professor: Brock Rough

Document Summary

Physical objects are ideas in the mind of god. There is a difference between experiencing something and the memory of that experience (impressions versus ideas) X is identical to y when there is only one thing that is both x and y. Reid"s objection: a=b, b=c but a does not equal c. Someone who could not do otherwise, so had to commit an immoral act. Meditation 1: to get rid of false beliefs, doubt his senses. Meditation 2: discover what cant be doubted even if there is an evil demon controlling my thoughts. He attacked foundational beliefs if you have the wrong foundational beliefs, then all beliefs built on top of that are wrong. Finding out if you can be certain about things, and if not, you should be skeptical of (or doubt) them: dreams allows him to doubt some things but not enough.