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Who developed an argument prior to Descartes that was similar to the Cogito argument?

A) Aristotle
B) Augustine
C) Lao-tzu
D) Buddha

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Who developed the purest form of ontological argument?

A) Aquinas
B) Augustine
C) Aristotle
D) Anselm

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An attempt to prove the existence of God by referring to the meaning of the word God is

Descartes believed that there was need of a method for finding truth.

Princess Elizabeth wrote Discourse on Method .

What is the only thing that can give meaning to experience, according to rationalists?

Descartes rejected methodic doubt.

A posteriori knowledge is empirical knowledge.

Descartes liked to sleep in.

Descartes called common sense rare .

Descartes held that humans are a mixture of

Descartes wrote in everyday French.

Outline the coherence theory of truth. Do you believe that this is a correct view of what truth is, or not? Explain your answer.

Descartes discovered that Aristotle s writings on nature contained errors.

Rene Descartes was the first philosopher to study the process of thinking.

Cogito, ergo sum is Latin for

Descartes first wrote Rules for the Direction of the Mind .

Descartes believed that everything could be doubted.

What are Descartes arguments for Cartesian dualism? Do you find them persuasive? If you do not, do you endorse monism, or not? Explain your answer.

Rationalism holds intuition to be the primary source of knowledge.