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Can you learn this? You have 2 minutes. Then you will try and write it down word for word “if you can conceive it to be possible for any mixture or combination of qualities, or any sensible object whatever, to exist outside the mind, then I will grant it to be so”

What does the distinction between secondary and primary qualities tell us about how we perceive reality?[15] Do unperceived objects cease to exist when unperceived?[15] Is belief in the existence of the external world justified?[15] How can we explain the variations between what different people perceive?[15] What is the significance of hallucinations in understanding how we perceive reality?[15]

Mathematical statements Moral statements Epistemological statements Statements about Universals Statements about my existence Statements about God Statements about causation

Maths = necessary truths Plato : innate ideas Moral = logically derived (Kant) Epistemological : logically derived Causation : innate knowledge God : logically derived (Anselm) My existence : logically proved (Descartes)

Maths : a posteriori Morality – personal taste Epistemology – “stay silent” Universals : abstraction Causation : no knowledge God : in man’s image My own existence : introspection. A posteriori

How convincing is the view that we are born with at least some innate ideas?[15] Assess the claim that all knowledge and ideas derive from sense experience.[15] Can the use of Reason alone provide knowledge of the world? [15] Is it possible to have knowledge of necessary truths? [15] What are the limits of knowledge, according to empiricism? [15]

Is Justified True Belief sufficient for knowledge?[15] What is the difference between true beliefs and knowledge? [15] Is justification, truth and belief necessary for knowledge? [15] How certain must one be to have knowledge? [15] What do Gettier examples tell us about knowledge? [15]