Short Answer


1		Explain the basic tenets of dualism, and distinguish it from alternative views.



2		Explain Descartes' "method of doubt", his two skeptical conjectures and how he uses them to perform an "epistemological detour" to the goal of metaphysical truth.



3		What does Descartes mean by "substance" and why does he think there are two kinds? What are they, and how does he distinguish between them?



4		Why does the interaction between mind and body create problems for dualism?



5		How does Thomas Hobbes view reality and our perception of this reality?



6		What two problems about the seeing of a green lawn, for example, face a materialist theory like that of Hobbes?



7		Why did Anne Conway think that everything is both physical and mental?



8		What is the ultimate substance, for Spinoza, and how do mind and matter relate to this substance?



9		Describe Locke's theory of representative realism.



10		Why did Berkeley reject representative realism, and what metaphysical conclusions did he draw from this rejection?

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