BE ABLE TO DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS

Body Theory of personal identity

Soul Theory of personal identity

Memory Theory of personal identity

Illusion Theory of personal identity

 

BE ABLE TO DO THE FOLLOWING

Know what happens to life after death under the body theory

Tell whether I can know I am the same person (or you are) under the soul theory.

Explain the old general problem for the memory theory of personal identity

Tell, in Plato's cave analogy, what people gain knowlege of when they leave the cave.

Tell what Berkeley thinks it means for something to exist

Tell how Berkeley explains the constancy of the world (that the building still exists after we go home for the day).

Explain how the idea of the Matrix is like Descartes' dream argument (hint: if we're all in the Matrix, how can or can't we get knowledge about the world?).

Essay question: Explain Plato's cave analogy- be sure to include what the cave, the sun, and the fire are supposed to represent. What does Plato believe is the "real world?" What does he mean when he says that those leaving the cave will not be able to see very well at first? Do you think that Plato is right that the physical stuff we see is less real than the forms? Why or why not?