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Scott and Charlene have been married for 10 years, and live in a third-floor flat in Tamworth, with Charlene’s 18-year-old daughter Libby. Libby’s biological father is Charlene’s alcoholic ex-husband Lou, who lives a few blocks away. Unknown to Charlene, Scott and Libby have recently started a sexual relationship. Returning home unexpectedly early from work one day in January 2015, Charlene discovers Scott partially undressed and standing over the seated Libby, with his hand on her breast

Descartes: Piece of Wax – Carefully examine Descartes’ rumination on the piece of wax in Meditation 2. What things about the wax does he know from experience? What things about the wax does he know through the innate rational power of his mind? After you have fully presented Descartes’ views, critique or defend them. Is his assessment of how we acquire knowledge convincing? Do you think we learn more via experience than he lets on? Do you think we learn more via our reason than he lets on?

That May Be True in Theory – In Kant’s Conflict of the Faculties, he argues that philosophy has incontestable jurisdiction to comment on more practical fields like theology, law, and medicine. In many ways, he is arguing that you cannot put into practice a body of knowledge without reckoning with the theory behind it (philosophy being said theory). What do you think Kant would make of the phrase “That may be true in theory, but does not apply in practice?” What do you make of this phrase in light of Kant’s comments?