Philosophy 382
Bradford Skow


					Exam 1 Study Guide 



General comments:	

	There is more material here than can be covered in a 50-minute exam. But 
	every question on the exam will be drawn from one of the points below 
	(note that the last point is a wildcard). 
	
	The format of the test: it will be divided into sections. Some sections
	will contain two or more questions. You will be asked to answer just
	one question from each section. So you will often have a choice about
	which question to answer.


			"*" indicates a question that did not appear on the exam.
			"#" indicates a question that did appear on the exam.
			


*	Be able to define or otherwise explain "substantivalism" and 
	"relationalism."
			
			
#	The homework assignments were to PEE Newton's arguments from the 
	properties of motion and rest. Be able to PEE Newton's arguments
	from the causes and effects of motion.
	
	
#	There will be a question about Newton's Master argument. The best 
	preparation for this question is to make sure you can PEE this argument.
	
	
#	Be able to PEE one of Leibniz's arguments against substantivalism.


*	Be prepared to discuss the argument that we cannot know which geometry
	is true a priori.
	
	
#	Be able to present the argument that we cannot know whether the geometry
	of space is Euclidean. Be prepared to discuss alternative theories of 
	the relationship between theory and evidence, theories which provide
	a reason to reject one of the premises of that argument.
	
	
#	Be able to state the preliminary and the final definitions of "temporal 
	locality" and "spatial locality." Be ready to present and explain an argument that the preliminary definitions are bad definitions. Be able
	to describe a scenario in which temporal locality is true but spatial
	locality is not, and vice versa. 


*	There may be a question on locality in Newtonian Gravitational Theory.