ubc phil101 philosophy descartes meditations

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: Write on
one
(but not both) of the following two topics:
Topic 1
: In the Meditation Two of Descartes
Meditations
, the meditator claims to know that
Iexist as a thinking thing
. Do you agree? Why or why not?
A good paper on this topic should:
a. Explain what the claim in question means. Be sure to justify your interpretation byreferencing relevant details from the primary text, while being as charitable as possiblein your interpretation.
b. Consider our attempt, in class, to reconstruct things in terms of a deductively validargument vs. a series of individual cognitive acts.
c. Assess the extent to which the meditator ultimately succeeds in establishing the aboveclaim, and then carefully and persuasively justify this assessment.The only resources youll need are:
a. Your lecture notes / slides on the topic, and
b. Ch.5 of the textbook, and
c. The primary text by Descartes uploaded to moodle.
Topic 1
: In
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
, Hume presents a skepticalproblem that is now referred to as the problem of induction. Is there an effective solution tothis problem? Why or why not?A good paper on this topic should:
a. Provide a clear explanation of the problem Hume raises and why someone should findit worrisome. Be sure to justify your interpretation of Hume by referencing relevantdetails from the primary text, while being as charitable as possible in yourinterpretation.
b. Articulate what you believe is the best response to that problem and then carefullyassess whether this response succeeds in solving the problem.
c. Consider how someone might try to object to your assessment, and then provide apersuasive, fair minded response to this objection

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