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Upon completing this chapter you should be able to:
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1. Distinguish dualism from materialism, idealism, and other alternative views. |
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2. Explain Descartes' doubting methodology and his "epistemological detour". |
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3. Explain Descartes' "clear and distinct" litmus test for truth. |
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4. Explain why Descartes believes there are two distinct substances and how he distinguishes between them. |
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5. Explain the problems facing dualism. |
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6. Describe Hobbes' materialism and his materialist psychology. |
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7. Explain the problems facing materialism. |
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8. Describe the alternative metaphysics of Conway and Spinoza and explain some of the important implications of each. |
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9. Describe Lockes's "representative realist" theory of perceptioin. |
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10. Explain Berkeley's objections to representative realism. |
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11. Describe Berkeley's reasons for rejecting matter. |
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12. Explain Berkeley's version of idealism. |