By: Ryan Heckart
Theories of Knowledge (MWF) @1:00-1:50
Class Notes for Monday April 22, 2002

Important Dates:
Exam-Wed. Apr. 24. through Mon. Apr.28
deadline for test is Tues. Apr. 29 until 5:00
Bring 3X5 card for notes and bring your picture I.D. aprox. 1hr.,20Min.

Conditions under which you might really doubt A Priori beliefs
1. Phil. Class
2. Drugs
3. Religious expirence
4. Torture/brain washing

Hume, Descartes: All analytic truths are A Priori Logic, Math, Definitions.

?Can you prove through A Priori deduction
that
* An ext. world exists?
* The world is more than 5 Min. old?
* Minds other than my own exists?
~Even if we give Descartes God does his proof work....?
* Maybe the Eastern concept of God as beyond good & Evil, both or neither is true.
* God allows a lot of suffering why not a lot of deception
* Maybe truth is not all that important?
* Calvinism "Original Sin"

Hume: You can't prove matters of fact A Priori...
~Can't prove things about reality by playing with concepts.
~Or counter Example~
~"No round square exists." because "round square is contradictory."

*If God exists he is Omnipotent.
*The concept of Omnipotent is contidictory.