PHIL 224
Spring 2013
Study Guide/Content Exam 2
I You should be able to define the following terms.
The Cogito
Mind/Body Dualism
Perceptions
Empiricism
Impressions
Ideas
Substance
Animal Nature (for Kant)
Technical (Kant)
Pragmatic (Kant)
Moral (Kant)
Regualtive Idea
Historical Materialism
Metaphysical Materialism
Homo Faber
Product Alientation
Self Alienation
Species Alienation
Social Alienation
Communism
II You should be able to correctly respond to short answer questions based on the following
slides.
Modern Philosophy
A Philosophical Dualism
What about our Bodies?
Unity?
A Compleat System
Experience and Observation
Impressions and Ideas
The First Principle
Putting the Princple to Work: Substance
What about the Soul?
So What are We?
The Anthropology
A Difficulty
Three Aspects of Self Creation
Three Predispositions
Some Challenges
A Regulative Idea
An Anti-Dualist
Production is the Key
Homo Faber
A Genealogy of Human Existence
Estrangement Pt. 1
Estrangement Pt. 2
The Prescription
The Upshot
III You should be able to respond to one of the following in a short essay.
1. Compare and Contrast the dualistic account of human nature offered by Descartes with the
non-dualistic treatment offered by Hume. Which do you think offers the better account of
creatures like us? Make sure to argue for your point of view.
2. Explain and criticize or defend Hume’s view of human nature, making sure you discuss how
Hume’s empiricism conditions his view.
3. Explain and critically evaluate how the notion of freedom operates in Kant’s theory of human
nature.
4. Summarize and evaluate Marx’s account of human nature as Homo Faber, paying particular
attention to the role played by the concept of alientation in his diagnosis.