Development in Philosophical Thought (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Another name for the Age of Reason
Another name for the Age of Reason
The Enlightenment
Time period of the Age of Reason
Time period of the Age of Reason
17th and 18th centuries in Europe
Why Church condemned Galileo
Why Church condemned Galileo
Supporting heliocentric theory (Earth orbits Sun)
René Descartes' dates and nationality
René Descartes' dates and nationality
1596-1650, French philosopher
Descartes' method of doubting everything
Descartes' method of doubting everything
Hyperbolic doubt
Descartes' famous conclusion
Descartes' famous conclusion
I think, therefore I am
Why Descartes distrusted senses
Why Descartes distrusted senses
Distance distorts, senses deceive, might be dreaming
Lesson of Descartes' wax argument
Lesson of Descartes' wax argument
Use mind/judgement, not senses, to understand reality
Descartes' mind-body dualism
Descartes' mind-body dualism
Reality = 2 separate substances: mind & body
Mind in Descartes' dualism
Mind in Descartes' dualism
Thinking substance (thought & consciousness)
Body in Descartes' dualism
Body in Descartes' dualism
Physical substance (material, mechanical)
Where and when Descartes died
Where and when Descartes died
Sweden, 1650 (from pneumonia)