Question 1

Zeno's Paradox of Bisection thought experiment is intended to show that

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A)  sense experience shows that motion and change exist. 
B)  logic shows that motion must exist. 
C)  motion involves a logical contradiction and therefore cannot exist. 
D)  the way the world seems is an accurate reflection of how it is. 
A)  sense experience shows that motion and change exist. 
B)  logic shows that motion must exist. 
C)  motion involves a logical contradiction and therefore cannot exist. 
D)  the way the world seems is an accurate reflection of how it is.

Question 2

"The particular bulk, number, figure, and motion of the parts of fire or snow are really in them, whether anyone's senses perceive them or not; and therefore they may be called real qualities, because they really exist in those bodies. But light, heat, whiteness, or coldness, are no more really in them than sickness or pain is in manna bread." In this passage Locke locates the distinction between primary and secondary qualities in the difference between:

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A)  the parts of bodies that we cannot sense and the parts that we can sense. 
B)  qualities of bodies that exist independently of sensation and qualities that rely on sensation. 
C)  the power to perceive things in our own bodies and the power to perceive things in other bodies. 
D)  those qualities that no one ever perceives and those qualities that we always perceive. 
A)  the parts of bodies that we cannot sense and the parts that we can sense. 
B)  qualities of bodies that exist independently of sensation and qualities that rely on sensation. 
C)  the power to perceive things in our own bodies and the power to perceive things in other bodies. 
D)  those qualities that no one ever perceives and those qualities that we always perceive.

Question 3

Primary qualities, for Locke, are ideas about things (e.g., being solid, taking up space, being in motion or at rest) which resemble the way those things really are.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The process ofinterpreting sense data is known as

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A)  sensation. 
B)  perception. 
C)  realism. 
D)  the analysis of knowledge. 
A)  sensation. 
B)  perception. 
C)  realism. 
D)  the analysis of knowledge.

Question 5

Descartes method of doubt is intended to determine whether we can have any knowledge of the external world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Descartes' Dream Argument thought experiment is intended to show that

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A)  sense experience is a reliable source of knowledge. 
B)  we all exist in a dream world. 
C)  we can acquire knowledge through our senses. 
D)  we can't acquire knowledge through our senses. 
A)  sense experience is a reliable source of knowledge. 
B)  we all exist in a dream world. 
C)  we can acquire knowledge through our senses. 
D)  we can't acquire knowledge through our senses.

Question 7

Goldman's Fake Barns thought experiment is intended to show that

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A)  some forms of the causal theory of knowledge are adequate. 
B)  the causal theory of knowledge is inadequate. 
C)  some barns may be fake. 
D)  knowledge is suitably caused TRUE belief. 
A)  some forms of the causal theory of knowledge are adequate. 
B)  the causal theory of knowledge is inadequate. 
C)  some barns may be fake. 
D)  knowledge is suitably caused TRUE belief.

Question 8

In his critique of Locke, Berkeley notes that primary qualities (e.g., solidity, extension, motion/rest) cannot legitimately be distinguished from secondary qualities (e.g., colors, scents, sounds) because:

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A)  primary qualities exist in the mind of God, whereas secondary qualities exist only in human minds. 
B)  primary qualities depend for their existence as much on minds as do secondary qualities. 
C)  neither primary nor secondary qualities exist in any mind (finite or infinite). 
D)  primary qualities of things are known a posteriori, whereas secondary qualities are known a priori. 
A)  primary qualities exist in the mind of God, whereas secondary qualities exist only in human minds. 
B)  primary qualities depend for their existence as much on minds as do secondary qualities. 
C)  neither primary nor secondary qualities exist in any mind (finite or infinite). 
D)  primary qualities of things are known a posteriori, whereas secondary qualities are known a priori.

Question 9

Consider the following two statements: "I am thinking about a tree that no one is thinking of" and "I am thinking that there's a tree that nobody is thinking of."

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A)  The second is self contradictory but the first is not. 
B)  The first is self contradictory but the second is not. 
C)  Neither is self contradictory. 
D)  Both are self contradictory because they mean the same thing. 
A)  The second is self contradictory but the first is not. 
B)  The first is self contradictory but the second is not. 
C)  Neither is self contradictory. 
D)  Both are self contradictory because they mean the same thing.

Question 10

Descartes argues that the cogito (I think, therefore I am) can serve as the foundation for our knowledge of the external world because it:

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A)  provides an indubitable principle on which all other claims of knowledge can be based. 
B)  is accepted by everyone. 
C)  is backed by reason. 
D)  is backed by sense experience. 
A)  provides an indubitable principle on which all other claims of knowledge can be based. 
B)  is accepted by everyone. 
C)  is backed by reason. 
D)  is backed by sense experience.

Question 11

According to empiricists, all analytic truths are knowable a-priori.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Is having TRUE belief that tracks the truth enough to have knowledge? Why or why not?

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Having a true belief that tracks the tru

Question 13

"All bachelors are less than 8 feet tall" is a synthetic proposition because it is necessarily true.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Descartes claims that there is at least one thing that he knows for certain, namely, that he thinks and that he exists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to Plato, the physical objects we sense are copies of abstract ideas or forms.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Leher's Human Thermometer thought experiment shows that the reliability theory is the correct analysis of knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In this chapter, philosophical skepticism is defined as the doctrine that we have no knowledge of

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A)  mathematics. 
B)  the external world. 
C)  anything. 
D)  all of these. 
E)  our own thoughts. 
A)  mathematics. 
B)  the external world. 
C)  anything. 
D)  all of these. 
E)  our own thoughts.

Question 18

According to empiricists, all synthetic truths are knowable a-posteriori.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is the Cartesian circle? Is there a way out? What is it?

Accepted Answer

The Cartesian circle refers to a potenti

Question 20

Is having reliably produced TRUE belief enough for having knowledge? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Having reliably produced true belief is

Zeno's Paradox of Bisection thought experiment is intended to show that

Primary qualities, for Locke, are ideas about things (e.g., being solid, taking up space, being in motion or at rest) which resemble the way those things really are.

The process ofinterpreting sense data is known as

Descartes method of doubt is intended to determine whether we can have any knowledge of the external world.

Descartes' Dream Argument thought experiment is intended to show that

Goldman's Fake Barns thought experiment is intended to show that

In his critique of Locke, Berkeley notes that primary qualities (e.g., solidity, extension, motion/rest) cannot legitimately be distinguished from secondary qualities (e.g., colors, scents, sounds) because:

Consider the following two statements: "I am thinking about a tree that no one is thinking of" and "I am thinking that there's a tree that nobody is thinking of."

Descartes argues that the cogito (I think, therefore I am) can serve as the foundation for our knowledge of the external world because it:

According to empiricists, all analytic truths are knowable a-priori.

Is having TRUE belief that tracks the truth enough to have knowledge? Why or why not?

"All bachelors are less than 8 feet tall" is a synthetic proposition because it is necessarily true.

Descartes claims that there is at least one thing that he knows for certain, namely, that he thinks and that he exists.

According to Plato, the physical objects we sense are copies of abstract ideas or forms.

Leher's Human Thermometer thought experiment shows that the reliability theory is the correct analysis of knowledge.

In this chapter, philosophical skepticism is defined as the doctrine that we have no knowledge of

According to empiricists, all synthetic truths are knowable a-posteriori.

What is the Cartesian circle? Is there a way out? What is it?

Is having reliably produced TRUE belief enough for having knowledge? Why or why not?

The Philosophical Enterprise

The Mind-Body Problem

Free Will and Determinism

The Problem of Personal Identity

The Problem of Relativism and Morality

The Problem of Evil and the Existence of God

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Exam 7: The Problem of Skepticism and Knowledge

Zeno's Paradox of Bisection thought experiment is intended to show that

Primary qualities, for Locke, are ideas about things (e.g., being solid, taking up space, being in motion or at rest) which resemble the way those things really are.

The process ofinterpreting sense data is known as

Descartes method of doubt is intended to determine whether we can have any knowledge of the external world.

Descartes' Dream Argument thought experiment is intended to show that

Goldman's Fake Barns thought experiment is intended to show that

In his critique of Locke, Berkeley notes that primary qualities (e.g., solidity, extension, motion/rest) cannot legitimately be distinguished from secondary qualities (e.g., colors, scents, sounds) because:

Consider the following two statements: "I am thinking about a tree that no one is thinking of" and "I am thinking that there's a tree that nobody is thinking of."

Descartes argues that the cogito (I think, therefore I am) can serve as the foundation for our knowledge of the external world because it:

According to empiricists, all analytic truths are knowable a-priori.

Is having TRUE belief that tracks the truth enough to have knowledge? Why or why not?

"All bachelors are less than 8 feet tall" is a synthetic proposition because it is necessarily true.

Descartes claims that there is at least one thing that he knows for certain, namely, that he thinks and that he exists.

According to Plato, the physical objects we sense are copies of abstract ideas or forms.

Leher's Human Thermometer thought experiment shows that the reliability theory is the correct analysis of knowledge.

In this chapter, philosophical skepticism is defined as the doctrine that we have no knowledge of

According to empiricists, all synthetic truths are knowable a-posteriori.

What is the Cartesian circle? Is there a way out? What is it?

Is having reliably produced TRUE belief enough for having knowledge? Why or why not?

The Philosophical Enterprise

The Mind-Body Problem

Free Will and Determinism

The Problem of Personal Identity

The Problem of Relativism and Morality

The Problem of Evil and the Existence of God

Filters