What is Descartes trying to accomplish in the Meditations?

Find a certain foundation for science.

Which of the following best represents Korman's claim about our knowledge of the future?

We know nothing about the future.

Why else does Korman reject the psychological descendant account?

It makes us deny the transitivity of = if someone has 2 psych. descendants.

According to Korman, what's wrong with the assumption that the future will resemble the past in some way?

There is no non-circular argument for it.

Pleasure is the only thing that's intrinsically valuable.

What's another reason Korman rejects the same body account?

Body swap scenarios show that one person can have different bodies.

Why does Descartes think he can doubt what his senses tell him?

He can't be sure that he's not dreaming.

Why, in chapter 3, does Korman reject the same body account of personal identity?

Certain conjoined twins show that two people can have the same body.

According to Korman in chapter 6, all reasoning about the future assume that

the future will resemble the past in some way.

What is the first thing that Descartes thinks he can't doubt?

His own existence as a thinking thing

To accomplish this goal, Descartes resolves to only believe things that are

completely certain and indubitable.

Korman's argument against fearing death involves the claim that

you cease to be conscious when you die.

Why does Descartes think he can doubt that 2+3=5?

An evil demon could be tricking him.

Why does Korman reject the psychological descendant account of personal identity.

Amnesia does not create a new person.

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1
What is Descartes trying to accomplish in the Meditations?
Justify the power of the French monarchy.
Find a certain foundation for science.
Prove the non-existence of the self.
Achieve inner serenity.
2
Which of the following best represents Korman's claim about our knowledge of the future?
We know nothing about the future.
We can predict what the natural world will do, but not other people.
It's easy to predict the future
3
What, according to Korman, does make two people the same person?
Having the same soul.
Having the same psychology.
Having the same body.
We don't know.
4
Why else does Korman reject the psychological descendant account?
It makes us deny the transitivity of = if someone has 2 psych. descendants.
A wrong answer.
5
According to Korman, what's wrong with the assumption that the future will resemble the past in some way?
It doesn't account for the actions of people with free will.
It doesn't account for quantum indeterminacy
The future never resembles the past.
There is no non-circular argument for it.
6
What is hedonism?
Physical pleasure is the only thing that's intrinsically valuable.
Money is intrinsically valuable.
Nothing is intrinsically valuable.
Pleasure is the only thing that's intrinsically valuable.
7
What's another reason Korman rejects the same body account?
Body swap scenarios show that one person can have different bodies.
Different parts of a body do not form a coherent whole.
Korman accepts the same body account.
Descartes has shown that we should not believe in bodies.
8
Why does Descartes think he can doubt what his senses tell him?
He has no sense experience.
He can't be sure that he's not dreaming.
He knows that his senses deceive him all the time.
He cannot doubt what his senses tell him.
9
Why, in chapter 3, does Korman reject the same body account of personal identity?
The existence of ghosts shows that people can exist without their bodies.
Certain conjoined twins show that two people can have the same body.
AIs are people, which shows that people don't need bodies.
People's bodies change all the time.
10
According to Korman in chapter 6, all reasoning about the future assume that
the past plus the laws of physics determine the future.
the future will resemble the past in every way.
astrology is reliable.
the future will resemble the past in some way.
11
What is the first thing that Descartes thinks he can't doubt?
The non-existence of God
He never finds anything that he cannot doubt.
His own existence as a thinking thing
The existence of God
12
To accomplish this goal, Descartes resolves to only believe things that are
completely certain and indubitable.
approved by the State
approved by the Church
in agreement with his pre-existing views.
13
Korman's argument against fearing death involves the claim that
you cease to be conscious when you die.
death is a natural part of life.
you can expect a pleasant afterlife.
life is unpleasant anyway.
14
Why does Descartes think he can doubt that 2+3=5?
Two plus three does not equal five.
He is notoriously bad at math.
An evil demon could be tricking him.
He cannot doubt that.
15
Why does Korman reject the psychological descendant account of personal identity.
People's psychologies change as they age.
People's personalities are too constant for this account to work.
Amnesia does not create a new person.
Children often have very different personalities from their parents.

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