Respond thoughtfully to five (5) questions from the Post-Reading Reflections questions in Chapter 9, and five (5) Post-Reading Reflections questions in Chapter 10. Make sure you number each response.

Chapter 9

1.) What was Descartes’ proposal, and how did his Scholastic education influence it?

2.) What is the coherence theory of truth?

3.) Discuss Descartes’ standard of truth . Do you think it is chiefly rational or psychological. Explain.

4.) What are innate ideas? Give one or two examples.

5.) What is skepticism? How is it important to Cartesian philosophy?

Chapter 10

1.) What is empiricism?

2.) In your own words, reconstruct the basic empirical critique of rationalism.

3.) What is the tabula rasa? What is its significance to Locke’s empiricism?

4.) What was Locke’s egocentric predicament?

5.) What is epistemological dualism?