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TA Q&A Sessions

TA Q&A Sessions. Tomorrow/Tuesday, February 26 th : 5:30-7pm – Randolph 120 (Ryan & Curtis) 7-8:30pm – Randolph 120 (David & Ashley) Anyone can go to either session. Come with questions. Don’t expect a lecture.

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TA Q&A Sessions

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  1. TA Q&A Sessions • Tomorrow/Tuesday, February 26th: • 5:30-7pm – Randolph 120 (Ryan & Curtis) • 7-8:30pm – Randolph 120 (David & Ashley) • Anyone can go to either session. • Come with questions. • Don’t expect a lecture.

  2. Several short-answer questions, which can be answered in a few words or a few sentences, with some choice, from readings and lecture. A couple of essays, which can be answered in a few paragraphs to a few pages, no choice, from topics discussed in lectures. Bring your own paper (not Blue Books). You cannot use books or notes. Use the test as an opportunity to show us how much you know about the material! Test Format

  3. The Meno Socrates Plato Sophists Good Definition Counter-example Dogmatism Meno’s Paradox Theory of Recollection Leading questions Socratic Method of teaching A Priori Knowledge A Posteriori Knowledge Figure it out for yourself Argument Sound, Valid Review for First Mid-term

  4. Meditations Descartes Architectural metaphor Absolute certainty 4 methods of doubt “Cogito, ergo sum.” Thinking thing Evaluate arguments Subjective, objective Thoughts without a thinker Lichtenberg Bundle theory of the self Hume First Proof of God Adequacy Hypothesis Formal Reality Objective Reality Review for First Mid-term

  5. Great Chain of being Freud Generating idea of God Divine Epistemological Certifier Clear and distinct ideas Second Proof of God (Ontological Argument) St. Anselm Perfections Existence as a quality Kant Problem of Evil Cartesian Circle Dualism Monism Physicalism-Materialism Corporeal things Descartes’ arguments for dualism Review for First Mid-term

  6. Interaction Pineal gland Leibniz Psycho-physical parallelism Nagel Egocentric predicament Skepticism Solipsism Problem of other minds Dual Aspect Theory Arguments for Materialism Principle of Simplicity Ockham’s razor 2 Arguments for Dualism Leibniz’s Law Principle of the conservation of energy Scientific attitude Problem of Consciousness Review for First Mid-term

  7. Positions on Mind-Body

  8. Describe Descartes’ first (or second) proof for God’s existence. Is it successful? Why, or why not? Describe the Theory of Recollection in the Meno. What is it supposed to explain? Is it successful? Why, or why not? Review for First Mid-term

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