1- What are the three parts of Descartes’s systematic doubt? Explain what kinds of beliefs each part leads us to doubt.

2- What is Descartes’s Cogito argument? Why is he able to know that exists even though he is doubting? In what way does Descartes think he exists?

3- What is the point of Descartes’s wax experiment? What does the experiment show us about our perception, judgement, and what we knew for certain about ourselves?

4- According to Hume, what is the relationship between impressions and ideas? Use an example to illustrate how his theory works. Why does this make Hume an empiricist?

5- Hume claims that our traditional way of thinking about causation cannot be proven. Where do we get the idea of cause and effect relationships? according to Hume? Explain his theory of causation using an example where A= the cause and B= the effect.

6- Explain the ship of Theseus thought experiment and how this raises an issue about identity. Then, explain one of the possible solutions to the problem.

7- Why do some people call Hume a skeptic?