Question

Philosophy help

1) By applying methodological doubt, Rene Descartes convinced himself of what?

A) His own existence

B) the non-existence of an external world.

C) The value of a good breakfast.

D) The basic elements of algebra.

2) True or false: the boiling point of water at sea level is an example of knowledge that must be acquired empirically.

A) True

B) False

3) Which of the following would be a rationalist's explanation of how a child learns mathematics?

A) Children do not actually learn mathematics, but mimic what their teachers do.

B) By observing and counting objects, a child gradually fills the blank slate of his/her mind with data from which patterns and laws can be constructed.

C) Numbers and operations stimulate production of a particular combination of brain chemicals that create neural pathways for mathematics.

D) Human beings possess innate ideas (e.g. the laws of mathematics) that become actual when they are stimulated by our questions.

Answer 1

1. The correct answer is Option A. He convinced himself of his own existence.
2. The correct answer is Option A. This statement is True.
3. The correct answer is Option D. Human beings possess innate ideas (e.g. the laws of mathematics) that become actual when they are stimulated by our questions.