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Explain the basic tenets of dualism, and distinguish it from alternative views. |
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Explain Descartes' "method of doubt", his two skeptical conjectures and how he uses them to perform an "epistemological detour" to the goal of metaphysical truth. |
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What does Descartes mean by "substance" and why does he think there are two kinds? What are they, and how does he distinguish between them? |
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Why does the interaction between mind and body create problems for dualism? |
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How does Thomas Hobbes view reality and our perception of this reality? |
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What two problems about the seeing of a green lawn, for example, face a materialist theory like that of Hobbes? |
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Why did Anne Conway think that everything is both physical and mental? |
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What is the ultimate substance, for Spinoza, and how do mind and matter relate to this substance? |
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Describe Locke's theory of representative realism. |
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Why did Berkeley reject representative realism, and what metaphysical conclusions did he draw from this rejection? |
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