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1 1 Discu~s Descartes' and Hume's projects respectively as an answer to skepticism What are 1M strengths and weaknesses of both') 9 What is Descartes' starting point') Why') J I~) \Vhy IS certainty so important'.! J ) ) What is Descartes' critella for cet'taint)', truth') \/ I Z. What are the three different causes of ideas') \/ 1 ~ What is Descartes' first proof of the existence of God') V i J \ / i Descartes' proof is also related to his ideas about causes and effect. r~laborate this J! connection, V' Why does Descartes posit the evil genius') V (e, What is the project'.! V ( 7 What is the most certain thing we can know') /' ()? Does Descartes think that this really wacks? / ~s this relateto hisotherwacksand otherphilosophersafterhim') 7 "20 What's with the wax') Why is it so important') \/ 2( Descartes' proof of God in the third meditation, how does that relate to eltor') ~/ 2 Z Why must Descartes prove God exists? IV :;)3 Compare Descartes' ontological proof with Anselm's, \/ '~~7(What is the status of mathematical truths in Descartes')/ 2'5" Who was Descartes writing for?./ (~~the father of modern philosophy," in what way did Descartes shift the field? ~.. 27 Descartes comes to subjective knowledge, is his own self-awareness the most clear and \/ distinct idea? a How can Descartes know that God would not deceive him') \/ ;:)7 What are Descartes' proofs of God? J 23

2 Why does Nietzsche say that God is dead and that he could believe in a God that could dance'! When is history a use, and when is It an abuser; What is the will to truth') HolV is the ljecd for virtue l10thlllg other' than a need for the police') Husserl: Cartesian Meditations; Logical Investigations (1, II, VI) What is the importance of Husserl's call to go back to "the things themsel What is the importance of the lifeworld for Husserl? What is the lifeworld'! Is Husserl an idealist or a rationalist') [n the Cartesian Meditations, how does Husserl take up Descartes' project and overcome it'! How does differance arise out of Husser!'s theory of intentional [word unreadable] meaning,., Heidegger: Being and Time (sections I-VI); "Letter on Humanism" How is Heidegger fol!owing Kant? How would Heidegger say he differs from Kant? How does Heidegger differ in Being and Time and the "Letter on Humanism"'! How does Heidegger understand understanding'! included under that? Is our usual sense of understanding 33

3 What is the difference between Abraham and Aquamarine in Fear and Trembling'! In Philosophical Fragments, what is the difference between Christian and the Socratic'! What is the difference between the ethical and the religious') Is i~lith in the Fragllzenrs an act ol'the will or 1101') What is at stake in the Interlude with respect to faith') What is the knight of faith') What is the knight of resignation') How do they differ') Do you have to be the latter to be the former') How does Abraham's choice demonstrate that he is a Knight of Infinite Resignation'! Why couldn't Abraham speak'! The opening passages gives different versions of the slot-) of /\braham and Isaac, talk about one of them In the Fragments, what is the paradox? Would Kierkegaard say that he is a Knight of Faith or a Knight of Infinite Resignation'! What is the difference between aesthetic, ethical, and religious') Why can Abraham not explain his decision to anyone? Do the ethical and religious require that something be given up? What is Kierkegaard's project in Philosophical Fragments? How do the Socratic and the religious differ? What is the teleological suspension of the ethical? Is Abraham like or not like Bill Clinton? [While we're at it, how is Soren K like a stick of butter?] Why does Kierkegaard use the story of Abraham in Fear and Trembling'! James: Pragmatism~ The Will to Believe echo I-III)~ Principles of Psychology echoix, X, XV) Why is James all up in arms? Why does he reject rationalism'! 31

4 T\A~('T ntvn'" r [ f Kant SeWS that we can't know that we're free. how does he arri ve at freedom by the end ~.. :J of the GroundH}Ork') J What are the three formulations of the categorical imperative? ~ --, State the categorical imtxtative. / ~ t G /:/~~t's moral system as stable as that of Plato') v /.~~- ~ V/hat is the supreme pr-illclple of moral ity') /,) Why is the will good?,_/ / ; ( Give a few formulations of the categorical imperative. J J Z 'vvhat IS the difference between categoricai and hypothetical ill1perati \/ Why is the categorical imperative categorical? V (!:~;ji1'at is the difference between autonomy and hcteconomy',-, Why will must be the foundation') / G What is respect? Why we have to do so') J /1 What's duty? J /~ (! <J <7 EXfrl Ex lain one of Kant's ethical forrnul,asl Why does he need to come up with such a../ ~ula? Pv(""'-'\~u,,-:: /', /9 What is the only thing for Kant that is unconditionally good? V 2-0 What does Kant think of happiness? V Hegel: Phenolnenology of Spirit (Introduction, A. Consciousness, B. Self-Consciousness) ~ The Philosophy of Right (Introduction, Part III) How does Hegel treat Kant in his own project? 29

5 Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations Wiltgenstein begins his Philosophicalillvestigations by criticizing Augustine III what ways are ;-\ugustine alld WlttgenstclIl similar aile!cit!tcr-cntwith regards to the philosoph) of language') Derrida: Speech and Phenomena; Writing and Difference [s there a certain amount of violence in Demda's thoughf) [-low does that relate to Levinas, Badiou, and Agamben? What does Den-ida mean by deconstruction? I-low does Derrida sabotage Husser! 's ideality of meaning. How does Derrida critique Husserl's theory of temporality'7 How does this renect the critique of real meaning? Foucault: Discipline and Punishment or Historv of Sexuality (vols. 1 & 2) What is Foucault discussing philosophically? Why does he do this historically? If you were to explain to grandma why you are reading Foucault, what would you tell her? [I'm not making this up, sounds like Kearney to me] How is the project of Foucault similar between the earlier work-discipline and Punish-and the later essays on Sexuality? What are the later essays on Sexuality trying to do in a way similar to Discipline and Punish? What's his project? How does the concept of sexuality change? How does he show this? How does sexuality fir in with power and knowledge? Can you escape "the system" (power)? 37