What is the central idea of George Berkeley's philosophy? Materialism Realism Physicalism Idealism
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name the philosophical terms for these 1. The philosophical doctrine maintaining that nothing exists beyond the physical universe, and that all phenomena in the world have simply natural explanations. It rejects the existence of all forms of supernatural events and explanations. 2. A Greek term meaning "recollection" or "reminiscence". It sums up Plato's theory of knowledge. It presumes that knowledge is not acquired through experience. 3. The philosophical doctrine which upholds the existence of free-will in human beings while at the same time maintaining that Nature is governed by necessary laws. 4. A philosophical view that nothing can be known except one's own mind or self and the contents of its consciousness. The only existence one can affirm is one's only. (Descartes has been accused of it by his detractors) 5. The view that every event has a cause. That all events are effects of prior states of affair, and that human actions are no different, and human freedom of will does not exist. 6. A word used by Kant to refer to reality in itself as object of the mind. It is what he calls the thing in itself. 7. A moral theory which maintains that values differ from one society to another, or from one person to another, and that they are not universally applicable to all humanity and at all times. 8. According to Kant, it represents reality as the object of sensory experience :what is apprehended by the senses.
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Select the correct answer. Which statement best describes the view of rationalists? OA. We cannot be sure anything exists except our minds. OB. Only ideas and forms exist. OC. Numbers are as real as physical objects. OD. Only our reason provides genuine knowledge.
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