Question 1

Locke was the first of the British empiricists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

A skeptic demands undoubtable evidence before accepting any knowledge claim as true.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Locke called for philosophers to focus their attention inward.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Who held that reason was the ground of all knowledge?

Accepted Answer

A)  Berkeley 
B)  Locke 
C)  Hume 
D)  Descartes

Question 5

Locke held that substance was a complex idea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Can an empiricist coherently believe in God? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Can an empiricist coherently believe in God?...

Question 7

Who challenged Locke s copy theory of truth by pointing out that the so-called objects Locke held ideas correspond to lacked any fixed nature?

Accepted Answer

A)  Descartes 
B)  Russell 
C)  Hume 
D)  Berkeley

Question 8

Do you believe that Hume is more likely to agree with the philosophy of Plato, or with the philosophy of Epicurus? Explain your answer, outlining the views of all three philosophers as you do so.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Do you believe that Hume is more...

Question 9

What is a fiction, according to idealism?

Accepted Answer

A)  The material world 
B)  Mental states 
C)  Ideas 
D)  Trees

Question 10

Locke claims that we have no idea of substance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is a self , according to Hume? What are his arguments for this view of the self? What philosophical position do they rest on? Do you agree with them? Why, or why not?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is a self , according to...

Question 12

Who claimed that the skeptic wishes to cure the rashness of the dogmatist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hume 
B)  Berkeley 
C)  Aristotle 
D)  Empiricus

Question 13

Which is not a secondary quality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Color 
B)  Location 
C)  Taste 
D)  Texture

Question 14

Who held that the refutation of skepticism if the whole business of philosophy ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rhees 
B)  Russell 
C)  Hume 
D)  Smith

Question 15

How many copies of the Treatise did Hume received as part of his payment for it?

Accepted Answer

A)  3 
B)  6 
C)  9 
D)  12

Question 16

A tabula rasa is a clean slate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Where was Hume born?

Accepted Answer

A)  St Andrews 
B)  Kirkcaldy 
C)  Edinburgh 
D)  Glasgow

Question 18

Locke was profoundly affected by conversations he had in 1670.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Sound is a primary quality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Size is a primary quality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: The Skeptic: David Hume

Locke was the first of the British empiricists.

A skeptic demands undoubtable evidence before accepting any knowledge claim as true.

Locke called for philosophers to focus their attention inward.

Who held that reason was the ground of all knowledge?

Locke held that substance was a complex idea.

Can an empiricist coherently believe in God? Explain your answer.

Who challenged Locke s copy theory of truth by pointing out that the so-called objects Locke held ideas correspond to lacked any fixed nature?

Do you believe that Hume is more likely to agree with the philosophy of Plato, or with the philosophy of Epicurus? Explain your answer, outlining the views of all three philosophers as you do so.

What is a fiction, according to idealism?

Locke claims that we have no idea of substance.

What is a self , according to Hume? What are his arguments for this view of the self? What philosophical position do they rest on? Do you agree with them? Why, or why not?

Who claimed that the skeptic wishes to cure the rashness of the dogmatist?

Which is not a secondary quality?

Who held that the refutation of skepticism if the whole business of philosophy ?

How many copies of the Treatise did Hume received as part of his payment for it?

A tabula rasa is a clean slate.

Where was Hume born?

Locke was profoundly affected by conversations he had in 1670.

Sound is a primary quality.

Size is a primary quality.