Question 1

Odor is an example of a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  primary quality. 
B)  secondary quality. 
C)  object. 
D)  subject. 
A)  primary quality. 
B)  secondary quality. 
C)  object. 
D)  subject.

Question 2

Descartes thinks that he is always dreaming.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Locke claims that there are

Accepted Answer

A)  no innate principles. 
B)  some innate principles. 
C)  principles that are agreed upon by all. 
D)  no true principles. 
A)  no innate principles. 
B)  some innate principles. 
C)  principles that are agreed upon by all. 
D)  no true principles.

Question 4

"All bodies are extended" is an analytic judgment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Leibniz maintains that the soul is a tabula rasa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Nāgārjuna claims that the sense faculties cannot be characterized conventionally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What does Berkeley take the essence of an idea to be? How does this function in his argument that there are no real objects?

Accepted Answer

Berkeley takes the essence of an idea to

Question 8

The view that the soul is a tabula rasa is the view that the soul

Accepted Answer

A)  is completely blank. 
B)  is flat like a table top. 
C)  contains some innate ideas. 
D)  is eternal and unchanging. 
A)  is completely blank. 
B)  is flat like a table top. 
C)  contains some innate ideas. 
D)  is eternal and unchanging.

Question 9

According to Narayan, men are biased but women are not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Velocity is an example of a

Accepted Answer

A)  primary quality. 
B)  secondary quality. 
C)  object. 
D)  subject. 
A)  primary quality. 
B)  secondary quality. 
C)  object. 
D)  subject.

Question 11

Ideas are not distinct from qualities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Leibniz claims that we are not always aware of all our perceptions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to Narayan, it is impossible for men to understand the world from women's perspective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

According to Leibniz, the senses give us

Accepted Answer

A)  occasion to discover the inner principles. 
B)  results of experiments that corroborate reason. 
C)  all our actual knowledge. 
D)  Both a and b 
A)  occasion to discover the inner principles. 
B)  results of experiments that corroborate reason. 
C)  all our actual knowledge. 
D)  Both a and b

Question 15

Nāgārjuna does not include telekinesis as one of the sense faculties.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

We believe in cause and effect

Accepted Answer

A)  because we have to. 
B)  because God commanded us to. 
C)  because we can experience it directly. 
D)  because of habit. 
A)  because we have to. 
B)  because God commanded us to. 
C)  because we can experience it directly. 
D)  because of habit.

Question 17

What are the six sense faculties examined by Nāgārjuna? How are these faculties alike or different from each other?

Accepted Answer

Nāgārjuna, a prominent Buddhist philosop

Question 18

Leibniz claims that the soul is empty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to Narayan, women's "double vision" gives them an "epistemic advantage" because

Accepted Answer

A)  it enables them to learn both from members of their own group and from members of the dominant group. 
B)  it forces them to confront more problems, thereby developing greater cognitive skills. 
C)  it enables them to dichotomize the world and focus only on the aspects relevant to a particular question. 
D)  it gives them a critical distance from which to evaluate both their own beliefs or practices and those of the dominant group. 
A)  it enables them to learn both from members of their own group and from members of the dominant group. 
B)  it forces them to confront more problems, thereby developing greater cognitive skills. 
C)  it enables them to dichotomize the world and focus only on the aspects relevant to a particular question. 
D)  it gives them a critical distance from which to evaluate both their own beliefs or practices and those of the dominant group.

Question 20

How, according to Berkeley, do ideas come into our minds?

Accepted Answer

A)  Real objects cause perceptions, from which we form ideas. 
B)  Other minds produce ideas in our minds. 
C)  Ideas are produced by combining ideas we already have. 
D)  We are born with every idea we possess. 
A)  Real objects cause perceptions, from which we form ideas. 
B)  Other minds produce ideas in our minds. 
C)  Ideas are produced by combining ideas we already have. 
D)  We are born with every idea we possess.

Odor is an example of a(n)

Descartes thinks that he is always dreaming.

Locke claims that there are

"All bodies are extended" is an analytic judgment.

Leibniz maintains that the soul is a tabula rasa.

Nāgārjuna claims that the sense faculties cannot be characterized conventionally.

What does Berkeley take the essence of an idea to be? How does this function in his argument that there are no real objects?

The view that the soul is a tabula rasa is the view that the soul

According to Narayan, men are biased but women are not.

Velocity is an example of a

Ideas are not distinct from qualities.

Leibniz claims that we are not always aware of all our perceptions.

According to Narayan, it is impossible for men to understand the world from women's perspective.

According to Leibniz, the senses give us

Nāgārjuna does not include telekinesis as one of the sense faculties.

We believe in cause and effect

What are the six sense faculties examined by Nāgārjuna? How are these faculties alike or different from each other?

Leibniz claims that the soul is empty.

According to Narayan, women's "double vision" gives them an "epistemic advantage" because

How, according to Berkeley, do ideas come into our minds?

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Odor is an example of a(n)

Descartes thinks that he is always dreaming.

Locke claims that there are

"All bodies are extended" is an analytic judgment.

Leibniz maintains that the soul is a tabula rasa.

Nāgārjuna claims that the sense faculties cannot be characterized conventionally.

What does Berkeley take the essence of an idea to be? How does this function in his argument that there are no real objects?

The view that the soul is a tabula rasa is the view that the soul

According to Narayan, men are biased but women are not.

Velocity is an example of a

Ideas are not distinct from qualities.

Leibniz claims that we are not always aware of all our perceptions.

According to Narayan, it is impossible for men to understand the world from women's perspective.

According to Leibniz, the senses give us

Nāgārjuna does not include telekinesis as one of the sense faculties.

We believe in cause and effect

What are the six sense faculties examined by Nāgārjuna? How are these faculties alike or different from each other?

Leibniz claims that the soul is empty.

According to Narayan, women's "double vision" gives them an "epistemic advantage" because

How, according to Berkeley, do ideas come into our minds?

The Nature of Philosophy

Reasoning

Reality

Religion

Moral Theory

Moral Problems

Society

The Good Life

Filters