Exam 7: Rationalism

Leibniz coined the term ""theodicy"" which refers to

Descartes ______ reject the results of experiments that ran counter to common sense.

Which of the following was most devoted to finding a middle way between the extremes of rationalism and empiricism?

The term heteronomy as used by Immanuel Kant refers to

________ was a direct realist and believed that common sense was a good enough reason to believe in the existence of the physical world and that any philosopher who denied the physical world was simply ridiculous

Descartes's method was modeled after that of

Which of the following is NOT one of the four methodological procedures outlined by Descartes in his Discourse on Method?

According to Kant, the ____ world is independent of perception, whereas the ______ world is as it appears to us in experience.

Which of the following is the most monistic?

The term monad (from monas) was probably adopted by Leibniz from Lady Anne Conway and F. M. Von Helmont. The term refers to

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibneiz's solution to the mind-body problem most closely resembles what?

The term rationalism was derived from the Latin _____ which means to ______

The task of individuals, according to Kant, is to grow into moral

Descartes's philosophical method is most accurately characterized as

______ argued against the metaphysical basis of demonology and thus figured in humanitarian reform in the treatment of people with mental illnesses.

Reid argued for a number of propositions he called ""first principles."" Which of the following is an example?

Many petites perceptions or ""small perceptions"" in concert form the basis of perception. Thus, the sound of the waterfall consists of thousands of drops of water in concert. The idea of petites perceptions suggests the importance of unconscious processes. This idea was advanced by

The philosopher most clearly associated with so-called commonsense philosophy was

A tautology is an expression that

____________ argued that belief in demons was pure nonsense because there could be only one power and that is God.