Hello! Sorry this is late. I'm stuck on campus until 9:00pm then have to drive home.
Today we discussed memories. For example, what we remember from being young, how we remember it. Some suggested that the reasoning behind certain memories was because it made them feel a certain way, basically leaving a lasting impression that ties to the memory. Some mentioned that once they see a picture they are able to remember what was going on when that was taken it basically jolts their memory into remembering.
10/27 Daily Quiz:
1. Locke used "man" to refer to what?
Species
2. Why did Locke flee to the Netherlands after the English Civil War?
He was accused of plotting a murder against Charles II.
3. Berkeley is sometimes described as an ________ and sometimes as an ____________.
Idealist, Immaterialist.
4. _________, is someone who believes that experience is the source of all our knowledge.
Empiricist
5. Who showed the flaws in Locke's idea that a man is not the same person as he was as a child?
Thomas Reid
6. According to Locke what are primary qualities?
Shapes & sizes
Just take a minute at the end of class to post a sentence or two. You can edit and expand later. Meanwhile you won't be late.
ReplyDeleteWho was supposed to have declared, "I hate what you say, but will defend to your death the right to say it."?
ReplyDeleteWhich approach do you take, Do you believe everything happens for a reason, or like Voltaire, you take no comfort in this idea?
http://www.egs.edu/library/voltaire/biography/
FQ: T/F Leibniz was a Dutch philosopher.
ReplyDeleteDQ: If the world was perfect, would that make nature God?
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvxnQRzZYYs
FQ- T/F The Principle of Sufficient Reason was introduced by Alexander Pope.
ReplyDeleteDQ- Do you believe that everything happens for a reason? Why or Why not?
http://temp_thoughts_resize.s3.amazonaws.com/c8/f3da1810b57b4ad9268c70a55afbca/everything-happens-2.jpg