1. Are events in the real world really sequenced into causes and their effects, or are cause and effect rather aspects of the ways in which we cope with that world? 2. Identify and compare at least two important Cartesian elements in contemporary science and popular culture. How should our understanding of Descartes affect our approach to these contemporary heirs? 3. The primary author of the “Declaration of Independence (Links to an external site.)” was Thomas Jefferson. Identify and explain any apparent tension between the insistence in this document, that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” and Jefferson’s assertions in Notes on the State of Virginia.