Question 1

What is "intellectual integrity" and why does Haack say that it is valuable?

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Question 2

Haack believes that inquirers

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A)  Depend on the work of others. 
B)  Cooperate with others. 
C)  Compete with others. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 3

Inductive beliefs are formed on the basis of past evidence according to Russell.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Zagzebski says that, all things being equal, we should try to acquire new true beliefs about things we care about except when doing so

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A)  Is dangerous to life or limb. 
B)  Conflicts with something else we care about. 
C)  Requires us to do something unethical. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 5

An idea, according to Berkeley, can only be

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A)  Like an external object. 
B)  Like another idea. 
C)  Material. 
D)  Self-contradictory.

Question 6

Explain Phillips's distinction between favorable and unfavorable circumstances and the work it is supposed to do in showing that the skeptic's doubt is unwarranted.

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Question 7

With whom do you agree more-Strawson or Russell (previous reading)? Explain.

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Question 8

Does this selection challenge many of your beliefs? Why or why not?

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Question 9

Judgments that reveal connections between concepts are

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A)  Pure. 
B)  A posteriori. 
C)  Analytic. 
D)  Synthetic.

Question 10

We can know what real objects are like directly by the sense-data they cause us to experience.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Socrates, knowledge differs from true opinion because knowledge

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A)  Is more abiding than true opinion. 
B)  Can guide action whereas true opinion cannot. 
C)  Both a and 
D)  Neither a nor

Question 12

According to Berkeley, it is __________ that sensible objects like houses, mountains, and rivers exist independently from being perceived.

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A)  Certainly true. 
B)  Contradictory to believe. 
C)  Reasonable to infer. 
D)  None of the above.

Question 13

In Gettier's example, Smith knows that he has ten coins in his pocket.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

According to Phillips, the skeptic's mistake is to

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A)  Deny the existence of an external world. 
B)  Doubt the existence of sense-data. 
C)  Raise trivial and impractical questions. 
D)  Posit sense-data as an intermediary between us and the external world.

Question 15

According to Nagel, perhaps the biggest problem for Protagoras's relativist theory is that it is

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A)  Too confusing. 
B)  Impractical. 
C)  Self-refuting. 
D)  None of the above.

Question 16

Synthetic judgments

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A)  Clarify our concepts. 
B)  Expand our understanding of our concepts. 
C)  Cannot be a priori. 
D)  Are impossible.

Question 17

According to Nagel, Protagoras's view seems to imply that

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A)  No one ever makes a mistake. 
B)  There is no such thing as truth. 
C)  Knowledge is impossible. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 18

Socrates claims that what we call learning is actually remembering.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Why does Haack say that inquiry is a "deeply and unavoidably social enterprise"? Does she think this is a good or a bad thing?

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Question 20

What problem does this selection pose for science, and why?

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Exam 3: Knowing Vs Thinking

What is "intellectual integrity" and why does Haack say that it is valuable?

Haack believes that inquirers

Inductive beliefs are formed on the basis of past evidence according to Russell.

Zagzebski says that, all things being equal, we should try to acquire new true beliefs about things we care about except when doing so

An idea, according to Berkeley, can only be

Explain Phillips's distinction between favorable and unfavorable circumstances and the work it is supposed to do in showing that the skeptic's doubt is unwarranted.

With whom do you agree more-Strawson or Russell (previous reading)? Explain.

Does this selection challenge many of your beliefs? Why or why not?

Judgments that reveal connections between concepts are

We can know what real objects are like directly by the sense-data they cause us to experience.

According to Socrates, knowledge differs from true opinion because knowledge

According to Berkeley, it is __________ that sensible objects like houses, mountains, and rivers exist independently from being perceived.

In Gettier's example, Smith knows that he has ten coins in his pocket.

According to Phillips, the skeptic's mistake is to

According to Nagel, perhaps the biggest problem for Protagoras's relativist theory is that it is

Synthetic judgments

According to Nagel, Protagoras's view seems to imply that

Socrates claims that what we call learning is actually remembering.

Why does Haack say that inquiry is a "deeply and unavoidably social enterprise"? Does she think this is a good or a bad thing?

What problem does this selection pose for science, and why?