Question 1

The one thing that Descartes cannot doubt is that

Accepted Answer

A)   he exists.
B)   an evil genius exists.
C)   the external world exists.
D)   he has a physical body. A

Question 2

According to Berkeley, placing your cold left hand and your warm right hand in a lukewarm bucket of water proves that

Accepted Answer

A)   water can be both hot and cold simultaneously.
B)   water cannot be both hot and cold simultaneously.
C)   the warmth and cold I feel are in the water.
D)   the warmth and cold I feel are not in the water. D

Question 3

Even though only true propositions can be known, it is possible to believe a proposition that is false.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

According to Kant, some synthetic truths are knowable a-priori.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to ___, knowledge depends on justification that is part of the knower's mental life.

Accepted Answer

A)   internalism
B)   externalism
C)   both of these.
D)   neither of these.

Question 6

Lehrer's Human Thermometer thought experiment is intended to show that

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A)   in at least some cases, knowing requires simply having correct information.
B)   reliably produced belief is knowledge.
C)   knowledge is reliably produced TRUE belief.
D)   in at least some cases, knowing seems to require more than just having correct information.

Question 7

Is having undefeated justified TRUE belief enough to have knowledge? Why or why not?

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The answer of Is having undefeated justified TRUE belief enough...

Question 8

"FALSE knowledge" is

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A)   what we believe but cannot prove.
B)   what we learn in psychology.
C)   what we learn in religion.
D)   a contradiction is terms.

Question 9

According to the standard account, the necessary and sufficient conditions for knowledge are all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)   justification.
B)   belief.
C)   truth.
D)   intuition.

Question 10

Descartes' "evil genius" could make Descartes doubt everything EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)   the fact that God exists.
B)   the fact that he is doubting.
C)   the fact that he is sleeping.
D)   the fact that he is a human being.

Question 11

According to Plato, abstract ideas or forms are eternal and unchanging.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In the correspondence theory of truth, the proposition "There is a cat on the mat" is true only if:

Accepted Answer

A)   I think there is a cat on the mat.
B)   it is reasonable to think that there is a cat on the mat.
C)   there is a cat on the mat.
D)   everyone in the room believes that there is a cat on the mat.

Question 13

The Demented Mrs. Grabit thought experiment is intended to show that a version of the defeasibility theory is unfounded.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Is having suitably caused TRUE belief enough to have knowledge? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Is having suitably caused TRUE belief enough...

Question 15

Unger's Mad Scientist thought experiment is intended to show that sense experience cannot be a source of knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is the best example of sense-data?

Accepted Answer

A)   a thought.
B)   a mind.
C)   a patch of color.
D)   a ball of string.

Question 17

The view that there is only one correct way of representing the world is called

Accepted Answer

A)   absolutism.
B)   relativism.
C)   subjectivism.
D)   minimalism.

Question 18

Just as it is impossible to know something that you don't believe, you cannot believe something you don't know.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Hume claims that we can't justify induction by appeal to reason or logic because

Accepted Answer

A)   that would assume what we're trying to prove.
B)   that would be a fallacious appeal to authority.
C)   the principle that the future will resemble the past is self-contradictory.
D)   the principle that the future will resemble the past doesn't logically follow from any more basic principle.

Question 20

Descartes' Evil Genius and Unger's Mad Scientist thought experiments show that

Accepted Answer

A)   thoughts can be implanted in your mind.
B)   all knowledge must come through the senses.
C)   we are awake all the time.
D)   there is more evil than good in the world.

Exam 7: The Problem of Skepticism and Knowledge

The one thing that Descartes cannot doubt is that

According to Berkeley, placing your cold left hand and your warm right hand in a lukewarm bucket of water proves that

Even though only true propositions can be known, it is possible to believe a proposition that is false.

According to Kant, some synthetic truths are knowable a-priori.

According to ___, knowledge depends on justification that is part of the knower's mental life.

Lehrer's Human Thermometer thought experiment is intended to show that

Is having undefeated justified TRUE belief enough to have knowledge? Why or why not?

"FALSE knowledge" is

According to the standard account, the necessary and sufficient conditions for knowledge are all of the following except

Descartes' "evil genius" could make Descartes doubt everything EXCEPT

According to Plato, abstract ideas or forms are eternal and unchanging.

In the correspondence theory of truth, the proposition "There is a cat on the mat" is true only if:

The Demented Mrs. Grabit thought experiment is intended to show that a version of the defeasibility theory is unfounded.

Is having suitably caused TRUE belief enough to have knowledge? Why or why not?

Unger's Mad Scientist thought experiment is intended to show that sense experience cannot be a source of knowledge.

Which of the following is the best example of sense-data?

The view that there is only one correct way of representing the world is called

Just as it is impossible to know something that you don't believe, you cannot believe something you don't know.

Hume claims that we can't justify induction by appeal to reason or logic because

Descartes' Evil Genius and Unger's Mad Scientist thought experiments show that