Question 1

Qualities are powers that objects have to produce ideas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is not possible in Kant's view:

Accepted Answer

A)  Analytic a priori judgments 
B)  Analytic a posteriori judgments 
C)  Synthetic a priori judgments 
D)  Synthetic a posteriori judgments 
A)  Analytic a priori judgments 
B)  Analytic a posteriori judgments 
C)  Synthetic a priori judgments 
D)  Synthetic a posteriori judgments

Question 3

Narayan suggests that it is easier to evaluate a group's beliefs or practices from outside that group than from inside it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What role does the device of an evil demon play in Descartes' method of doubt?

Accepted Answer

The device of an evil demon plays a cruc

Question 5

Locke's philosophical system is classified as a form of

Accepted Answer

A)  empiricism. 
B)  idealism. 
C)  rationalism. 
D)  None of the above 
A)  empiricism. 
B)  idealism. 
C)  rationalism. 
D)  None of the above

Question 6

According to Kant, we do not possess any a priori knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

One of Narayan's major goals in this chapter is

Accepted Answer

A)  to summarize the contributions of women to epistemology. 
B)  to show that women's oppression does not always confer an epistemic advantage. 
C)  to explore the mental lives of oppressed women in India. 
D)  to show that women are epistemically superior to men. 
A)  to summarize the contributions of women to epistemology. 
B)  to show that women's oppression does not always confer an epistemic advantage. 
C)  to explore the mental lives of oppressed women in India. 
D)  to show that women are epistemically superior to men.

Question 8

Feminist epistemologists claim that women and other oppressed groups enjoy an "epistemic advantage" over members of the dominant group because

Accepted Answer

A)  they tend to be fluent in multiple languages, which enables them to learn from more sources. 
B)  they must learn to see the world both from their own perspective and from that of the dominant group (e.g., men or colonizers). 
C)  members of the dominant group tend to be too lazy or complacent to look at the world critically. 
D)  members of the oppressed group are forced to develop an epistemic advantage to overcome the "dark side" of their oppression. 
A)  they tend to be fluent in multiple languages, which enables them to learn from more sources. 
B)  they must learn to see the world both from their own perspective and from that of the dominant group (e.g., men or colonizers). 
C)  members of the dominant group tend to be too lazy or complacent to look at the world critically. 
D)  members of the oppressed group are forced to develop an epistemic advantage to overcome the "dark side" of their oppression.

Question 9

All knowledge is true.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Berkeley argues for the existence of real objects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Nāgārjuna claims that there is no perception.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Can we know things on the basis of processes that are not generally reliable? Justify your answer with an example.

Accepted Answer

No, we cannot know things on the basis o

Question 13

Ayer says that we cannot give general standards for when one is justified in being sure that something is the case. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

I agree with Ayer's statement that we ca

Question 14

According to Nāgārjuna, the sense faculties are independent phenomena.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Leibniz's philosophical system is classified as a form of

Accepted Answer

A)  empiricism. 
B)  scientism. 
C)  rationalism. 
D)  None of the above 
A)  empiricism. 
B)  scientism. 
C)  rationalism. 
D)  None of the above

Question 16

Leibniz claims that sense experience is necessary and sufficient for all our actual knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT one of the downsides that Narayan identifies in having to inhabit "two mutually incompatible frameworks" for understanding the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  the tendency to make others uncomfortable by highlighting that incompatibility 
B)  the temptation to compartmentalize one's life in stressful ways 
C)  the pressure to reject the practices associated with one's identity (e.g., as a woman) 
D)  the risk of feeling alienated because of one's ability to see the world from both perspectives 
A)  the tendency to make others uncomfortable by highlighting that incompatibility 
B)  the temptation to compartmentalize one's life in stressful ways 
C)  the pressure to reject the practices associated with one's identity (e.g., as a woman) 
D)  the risk of feeling alienated because of one's ability to see the world from both perspectives

Question 18

According to Leibniz, the proof of necessary truths must come from

Accepted Answer

A)  inner principles. 
B)  instances. 
C)  testimony of the senses. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  inner principles. 
B)  instances. 
C)  testimony of the senses. 
D)  All of the above

Question 19

Locke claims that there are universally agreed-upon principles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Explain why Gettier's case satisfies Ayer's definition of knowledge (in the previous reading) and why it provides a counterexample to the definition.

Accepted Answer

Gettier's case satisfies Ayer's definiti

Qualities are powers that objects have to produce ideas.

Which of the following is not possible in Kant's view:

Narayan suggests that it is easier to evaluate a group's beliefs or practices from outside that group than from inside it.

What role does the device of an evil demon play in Descartes' method of doubt?

Locke's philosophical system is classified as a form of

According to Kant, we do not possess any a priori knowledge.

One of Narayan's major goals in this chapter is

Feminist epistemologists claim that women and other oppressed groups enjoy an "epistemic advantage" over members of the dominant group because

All knowledge is true.

Berkeley argues for the existence of real objects.

Nāgārjuna claims that there is no perception.

Can we know things on the basis of processes that are not generally reliable? Justify your answer with an example.

Ayer says that we cannot give general standards for when one is justified in being sure that something is the case. Do you agree? Why or why not?

According to Nāgārjuna, the sense faculties are independent phenomena.

Leibniz's philosophical system is classified as a form of

Leibniz claims that sense experience is necessary and sufficient for all our actual knowledge.

Which of the following is NOT one of the downsides that Narayan identifies in having to inhabit "two mutually incompatible frameworks" for understanding the world?

According to Leibniz, the proof of necessary truths must come from

Locke claims that there are universally agreed-upon principles.

Explain why Gettier's case satisfies Ayer's definition of knowledge (in the previous reading) and why it provides a counterexample to the definition.

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Qualities are powers that objects have to produce ideas.

Which of the following is not possible in Kant's view:

Narayan suggests that it is easier to evaluate a group's beliefs or practices from outside that group than from inside it.

What role does the device of an evil demon play in Descartes' method of doubt?

Locke's philosophical system is classified as a form of

According to Kant, we do not possess any a priori knowledge.

One of Narayan's major goals in this chapter is

Feminist epistemologists claim that women and other oppressed groups enjoy an "epistemic advantage" over members of the dominant group because

All knowledge is true.

Berkeley argues for the existence of real objects.

Nāgārjuna claims that there is no perception.

Can we know things on the basis of processes that are not generally reliable? Justify your answer with an example.

Ayer says that we cannot give general standards for when one is justified in being sure that something is the case. Do you agree? Why or why not?

According to Nāgārjuna, the sense faculties are independent phenomena.

Leibniz's philosophical system is classified as a form of

Leibniz claims that sense experience is necessary and sufficient for all our actual knowledge.

Which of the following is NOT one of the downsides that Narayan identifies in having to inhabit "two mutually incompatible frameworks" for understanding the world?

According to Leibniz, the proof of necessary truths must come from

Locke claims that there are universally agreed-upon principles.

Explain why Gettier's case satisfies Ayer's definition of knowledge (in the previous reading) and why it provides a counterexample to the definition.

The Nature of Philosophy

Reasoning

Reality

Religion

Moral Theory

Moral Problems

Society

The Good Life

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