PHIL 100 Study Guide - Meletus, Hard Determinism, Incompatibilism
16 Feb 2014
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He accepts the verdict with the observation that no one but the. Gods knows what happens after death and so it would be foolish to fear the unknown. Knowledge: addresses the nature and scope of human knowledge epistemology. Rene descartes: struck by falsehoods he accepts as true in his childhood demolished everything completely and starts again right from the foundations. Whatever he has up till now accepted as most true he has acquired either from the senses or through the senses. Doesn"t trust his senses b/c he could be deceived. Realizes he cannot doubt his own existence follows from the fact that he is thinking = concludes that he is a thing that thinks. Defends a rationalists epistemology he argues that beliefs justified on the basis of reason satisfy the criterion of certainty. Believes in logic: concludes that god does exist b/c the idea of god in his mind cannot be created by him since he is far more perfect.
