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Question 1

What is 'Rationalismus' (rationalism), an epistemological position associated with René Descartes?

The view that reason, rather than sensory experience, is the primary source of genuine knowledge The view that sensory experience alone, with no role for reason, is the primary source of knowledge A term unrelated to epistemology A view claiming that no genuine knowledge is possible under any circumstances

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The view that reason, rather than sensory experience, is the primary source of genuine knowledge

Question 2

What is 'Empirismus' (empiricism), an epistemological position associated with John Locke and David Hume?

The view that sensory experience is the primary source of genuine knowledge The view that reason alone, with no role for sensory experience, is the primary source of knowledge A term unrelated to epistemology A view claiming humans are born with fully formed innate knowledge of all things

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The view that sensory experience is the primary source of genuine knowledge

Question 3

What is 'methodischer Zweifel' (methodological doubt), a technique employed by Descartes in his 'Meditations'?

A systematic process of doubting all beliefs that could conceivably be false, in order to find a foundation of absolutely certain knowledge A permanent state of doubting everything with no possibility of ever reaching any certain conclusion A term unrelated to epistemology A technique requiring belief in every possible claim without any critical examination whatsoever

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A systematic process of doubting all beliefs that could conceivably be false, in order to find a foundation of absolutely certain knowledge

Question 4

What is 'cogito ergo sum' ('I think, therefore I am'), Descartes's foundational certain truth discovered through methodological doubt?

The realization that the very act of doubting/thinking proves the existence of a thinking self, providing an indubitable foundation for knowledge A claim that thinking has no connection whatsoever to proving one's own existence A term unrelated to epistemology A conclusion Descartes rejected as false and unreliable

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The realization that the very act of doubting/thinking proves the existence of a thinking self, providing an indubitable foundation for knowledge

Question 5

What is 'Tabula Rasa' ('blank slate'), a concept associated with John Locke's empiricist theory of mind?

The idea that the human mind begins entirely empty at birth, with all knowledge subsequently acquired through sensory experience The idea that the human mind is born fully filled with complete, innate knowledge requiring no further experience A term unrelated to epistemology A concept describing only a specific type of ancient writing material, with no philosophical meaning

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The idea that the human mind begins entirely empty at birth, with all knowledge subsequently acquired through sensory experience

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