*Write a critical\/analytic essay of 900 to 1,200 words answering one of the prompts below.<\/p>\n
In Meditation 2, Descartes says one of the things that he knows with certainty is he is a thinking thing: \u201cAt this time I admit nothing that is not necessarily true. I am therefore precisely nothing but a thinking thing\u201d (Meditations on First Philosophy, p. 65). What does Descartes mean by \u2018thinking thing\u2019 and what is his argument that he is a thinking thing? Do you think this argument is a good one? Explain and defend your answer. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Hume rejects the claim that some of our Ideas are innate. Instead, Hume argues all Ideas are derived from experiences of simple Impressions: \u201cwhen we analyse our thoughts or ideas, however compounded or sublime, we always find, that they resolve themselves into such simple ideas as were copied from a precedent [Impression]\u201d (An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, p. 44). What does Hume mean by \u2018simple Impression\u2019 and what implications does Hume\u2019s view have for certain philosophically important Ideas? Do you agree with Hume\u2019s theory of Ideas? Explain and defend your answer. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Immanuel Kant says the main problem of philosophy is \u201chow is it possible to have a priori knowledge of synthetic propositions,\u201d i.e. how synthetic a priori judgments are possible (Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, p. 14). What does Kant mean by \u2018synthetic a priori judgments\u2019 and what is his argument for the possibility of these judgments? Do you think Kant\u2019s argument is a good one? Explain and defend your answer. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Friedrich Nietzsche argues that all philosophy is mere self-serving vanity on the part of historical philosophers: every great philosophy has been but \u201ca type of involuntary and unself-conscious memoir\u201d and \u201calways creates the world according to its own image, [since] it cannot do otherwise\u201d (Beyond Good and Evil, pp. 8-11). What does Nietzsche think philosophers are doing when constructing their theories, and what is his argument for why this is all they can be doing? Do you agree with Nietzsche that philosophers are not doing what they think they are doing? Explain and defend your answer. <\/p>\n
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