http://www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/certainty www.flashcardexchange.com: certainty Flashcards en-us Sun, 27 May 2012 06:27:31 PDT Sun, 27 May 2012 06:27:31 PDT support@flashcardexchange.com 720 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/2184310 Explain the question, defining certainty as knowing something is definitely the case, introspection as self-analysis, and tautological as an unnecessary repetition of meaning. Explain that introspection could be illustrated by Descartes’ Cogito argument, whereby self-analysis leads to the indubitable truth that he exists. Explain the argument fully and emphasise the fact that Descartes considered the senses to be dubitable, e.g. illusions, hallucinations. • Drawing upon Hume’s fork, you could explain that he believes certainty is confined to the tautological, claiming that experience is always subject to the problem of induction (past experience doesn’t guarantee the same future experience) and sceptical arguments, e.g. the brain in a vat scenario. Explain that Hume argues all a priori propositions (non-experiential) are analytic, whereby the predicate is included in the subject. As such, these propositions can be reduced to the tautological law of identity (A=A), thus telling us nothing new. They can be known with certainty but they are ultimately trivial, empty truths. 2012-05-04 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/2184310 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1828395 Spanish Indicative Phrases of Certainty 2011-07-06 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1828395 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1717665 trust law certainties 2011-03-28 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1717665 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1627672 Chapter 10: Expressions of Certainty 2011-01-25 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1627672 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1320994 Spanish 3: Chapter 6- Section 1 2010-05-04 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1320994 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/582056 Flashcards for French 2002, controle 2--when to use subjunctive or indicative for doubt or certitude, identifying quel qu'un, asking for opinion 2008-02-25 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/582056 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/551581 Making suppositions Expressing doubt and certainty Asking for and giving advice Expressing astonishment Cautioning and reassuring someone Expressing fear and relief 2007-12-16 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/551581 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/428347 Bible Final First Semester 2007-01-23 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/428347 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/428476 Apologetics 2007-01-23 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/428476 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/358358 Hobbies, kitchen utensils, foods, garnishings, cooking, expressing doubt, expressing certainty, expressing emotion, adverbs, verbs 2006-05-29 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/358358 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/331128 subjunctive expressions 2006-02-08 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/331128 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/274515 Week 14 2005-02-26 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/274515