Question 1

Which of the following best describes a "wanton"?

Accepted Answer

A)  An agent with no "will" 
B)  An agent with no second-order volitions 
C)  An agent with no first-order desires 
D)  An agent with no second-order desires 
A)  An agent with no "will" 
B)  An agent with no second-order volitions 
C)  An agent with no first-order desires 
D)  An agent with no second-order desires

Question 2

Churchland argues that dualism is mysterious.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A wanton is someone who acts according to her second-order volitions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

For Parfit, certain important questions presuppose personal identity and . . .

Accepted Answer

A)  Thus require us to develop a definite theory of personal identity. 
B)  Can be freed from that presupposition. 
C)  Must be answered with reference to personal identity. 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  Thus require us to develop a definite theory of personal identity. 
B)  Can be freed from that presupposition. 
C)  Must be answered with reference to personal identity. 
D)  None of the above.

Question 5

What does it mean for an object to "perdure"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It exists only in the present 
B)  It exists wholly present at any single moment in time 
C)  It fills time by having one temporal part after another 
D)  It comes and goes in and out of existence 
A)  It exists only in the present 
B)  It exists wholly present at any single moment in time 
C)  It fills time by having one temporal part after another 
D)  It comes and goes in and out of existence

Question 6

Julia North is a problem for Weirob's body view of personal identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Churchland is a dualist, because neuroscience suggests this is the correct view.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What problem arises if God is understood to be the prime mover?

Accepted Answer

A)  No one is responsible for their actions 
B)  Then no action is determined 
C)  Then God cannot be responsible 
D)  None of the above 
A)  No one is responsible for their actions 
B)  Then no action is determined 
C)  Then God cannot be responsible 
D)  None of the above

Question 9

When one _______ a second-order volition, there is no further question about that volition.

Accepted Answer

A)  decisively identifies with 
B)  decisively wants 
C)  Is free with regard to 
D)  Is a wanton with regard to 
A)  decisively identifies with 
B)  decisively wants 
C)  Is free with regard to 
D)  Is a wanton with regard to

Question 10

By "person," Frankfurt doesn't mean something species-specific.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to G.E. Moore, "He couldn't have done otherwise" is to be understood as equivalent to . . .

Accepted Answer

A)  If he would have done otherwise, then he would have chosen to do otherwise. 
B)  If he had chosen to do otherwise, then he would have done otherwise. 
C)  He couldn't have chosen to do otherwise. 
D)  He would have chosen to do otherwise. 
A)  If he would have done otherwise, then he would have chosen to do otherwise. 
B)  If he had chosen to do otherwise, then he would have done otherwise. 
C)  He couldn't have chosen to do otherwise. 
D)  He would have chosen to do otherwise.

Question 12

Lady Lovelace first proposed the idea of learning machines, which could pass the imitation game.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Jaworska thinks that the conflicts caretakers face in making decisions about the well-being of their patients are actually more like ordinary conflicts that competent agents face than it may seem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Frankfurt holds that someone might want to have a desire but univocally also want it to be unsatisfied.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Hume argues that someone is answerable for an action only if . . .

Accepted Answer

A)  God isn't the first cause of all action 
B)  They are free from the necessity of causation 
C)  They are the original causes of their character 
D)  It proceeds from some cause in the character and disposition of that person 
A)  God isn't the first cause of all action 
B)  They are free from the necessity of causation 
C)  They are the original causes of their character 
D)  It proceeds from some cause in the character and disposition of that person

Question 16

Fischer is skeptical about Frankfurt-type cases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following best describes the position of Strong AI?

Accepted Answer

A)  An appropriately programmed computer is a mind, in the sense that it can understand 
B)  Computers cannot be minds 
C)  Having a mind is a matter of having the right outputs 
D)  The principal value of computers is that they are powerful tools for studying the mind 
A)  An appropriately programmed computer is a mind, in the sense that it can understand 
B)  Computers cannot be minds 
C)  Having a mind is a matter of having the right outputs 
D)  The principal value of computers is that they are powerful tools for studying the mind

Question 18

Which of the following cases does Frankfurt raise specifically to challenge the principle of alternate possibilities?

Accepted Answer

A)  He imagines someone threatening Jones, and Jones giving into this threat 
B)  He imagines someone preparing to interfere with Jones just in case Jones decides to act otherwise 
C)  He imagines someone threatening Jones, and Jones being left completely unaffected by the threat 
D)  He imagines someone threatening Jones, and Jones acting in that way because of his own decision 
A)  He imagines someone threatening Jones, and Jones giving into this threat 
B)  He imagines someone preparing to interfere with Jones just in case Jones decides to act otherwise 
C)  He imagines someone threatening Jones, and Jones being left completely unaffected by the threat 
D)  He imagines someone threatening Jones, and Jones acting in that way because of his own decision

Question 19

What is consciousness, for Armstrong?

Accepted Answer

A)  The exercise of control over our actions 
B)  Something that goes on in us that is apt to cause certain sorts of behavior 
C)  The perception of the state of one's own mind 
D)  None of the above 
A)  The exercise of control over our actions 
B)  Something that goes on in us that is apt to cause certain sorts of behavior 
C)  The perception of the state of one's own mind 
D)  None of the above

Question 20

One serious criticism of the approach offered in the Zhuangzi is that

Accepted Answer

A)  it is contradictory in practice. 
B)  it is inapplicable to the modern world. 
C)  sometimes guidelines and rules are helpful, even necessary. 
D)  it is inconsistent with the categorical imperative. 
A)  it is contradictory in practice. 
B)  it is inapplicable to the modern world. 
C)  sometimes guidelines and rules are helpful, even necessary. 
D)  it is inconsistent with the categorical imperative.

Which of the following best describes a "wanton"?

Churchland argues that dualism is mysterious.

A wanton is someone who acts according to her second-order volitions.

For Parfit, certain important questions presuppose personal identity and . . .

What does it mean for an object to "perdure"?

Julia North is a problem for Weirob's body view of personal identity.

Churchland is a dualist, because neuroscience suggests this is the correct view.

What problem arises if God is understood to be the prime mover?

When one _______ a second-order volition, there is no further question about that volition.

By "person," Frankfurt doesn't mean something species-specific.

According to G.E. Moore, "He couldn't have done otherwise" is to be understood as equivalent to . . .

Lady Lovelace first proposed the idea of learning machines, which could pass the imitation game.

Jaworska thinks that the conflicts caretakers face in making decisions about the well-being of their patients are actually more like ordinary conflicts that competent agents face than it may seem.

Frankfurt holds that someone might want to have a desire but univocally also want it to be unsatisfied.

Hume argues that someone is answerable for an action only if . . .

Fischer is skeptical about Frankfurt-type cases.

Which of the following best describes the position of Strong AI?

Which of the following cases does Frankfurt raise specifically to challenge the principle of alternate possibilities?

What is consciousness, for Armstrong?

One serious criticism of the approach offered in the Zhuangzi is that

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Which of the following best describes a "wanton"?

Churchland argues that dualism is mysterious.

A wanton is someone who acts according to her second-order volitions.

For Parfit, certain important questions presuppose personal identity and . . .

What does it mean for an object to "perdure"?

Julia North is a problem for Weirob's body view of personal identity.

Churchland is a dualist, because neuroscience suggests this is the correct view.

What problem arises if God is understood to be the prime mover?

When one _______ a second-order volition, there is no further question about that volition.

By "person," Frankfurt doesn't mean something species-specific.

According to G.E. Moore, "He couldn't have done otherwise" is to be understood as equivalent to . . .

Lady Lovelace first proposed the idea of learning machines, which could pass the imitation game.

Jaworska thinks that the conflicts caretakers face in making decisions about the well-being of their patients are actually more like ordinary conflicts that competent agents face than it may seem.

Frankfurt holds that someone might want to have a desire but univocally also want it to be unsatisfied.

Hume argues that someone is answerable for an action only if . . .

Fischer is skeptical about Frankfurt-type cases.

Which of the following best describes the position of Strong AI?

Which of the following cases does Frankfurt raise specifically to challenge the principle of alternate possibilities?

What is consciousness, for Armstrong?

One serious criticism of the approach offered in the Zhuangzi is that

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God and Evil

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