Question 1

According to Hobbes, when I'm deliberating about whether to reach out and grasp an object:

Accepted Answer

A)   I physically move back and forth, toward and away from the object.
B)   I consider the matter in my mind, and move only after I've made a decision.
C)   I'm considering performing a "vital" action.
D)   the evidence of my senses cannot influence the process.
E)   None of the above A

Question 2

Science, according to Kant, gives us knowledge of independent reality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Which of the following are not substances, according to traditional metaphysical usage?

Accepted Answer

A)   A horse
B)   A man
C)   A smile
D)   A soul
E)   An essence C

Question 4

If our actions are causally determined, we're never morally responsible for our actions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to Descartes, every object in the physical universe has an immaterial spirit.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Materialism is the only one-substance theory considered in this chapter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Materialism and idealism are both kinds of monism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

To say that the experience of seeing a green apple should itself be green is what Smart calls:

Accepted Answer

A)   an irreducible law.
B)   the phenomenological fallacy.
C)   billiard-ball physics.
D)   the mind-body problem.
E)   the cosmological fallacy.

Question 9

Hobbes and Hume agree that:

Accepted Answer

A)   freedom of the will is impossible.
B)   we are always morally responsible for our actions.
C)   human actions are determined.
D)   causal judgments are invalid.
E)   None of the above

Question 10

According to the consciousness objection:

Accepted Answer

A)   a sufficiently complex machine might be conscious.
B)   consciousness is incompatible with voluntary action.
C)   none of us are truly conscious.
D)   people are conscious if and only if machines are.
E)   no mere machine can be self-aware.

Question 11

Modern neurophysiological explanations of voluntary actions are not materialistic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Descartes, the fundamental property of mental substance is immortality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to our author, Descartes' dream of a unified theory has not been achieved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Hobbes, as a materialist, disagreed with the theories of the Greek atomists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Kant says those who believe there is a real conflict between free will and determination:

Accepted Answer

A)   are contradicting themselves.
B)   mistakenly believe in the absolute reality of appearances.
C)   mistakenly believe in a cause-effect relation.
D)   mistakenly believe in laws of nature.
E)   All of the above

Question 16

Which of the following is not a question of metaphysics?

Accepted Answer

A)   Does the past exist?
B)   Does God exist?
C)   Must knowledge be certain?
D)   Could there exist a universe without time?
E)   What is the relationship between the mind and the body?

Question 17

Metaphysics, in modern philosophy, refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)   things that are beyond physics.
B)   the study of the principles of physical motion.
C)   the study of the most fundamental principles of the nature of things.
D)   the study of phenomena which are beyond nature.
E)   the study of the unknowable.

Question 18

According to Hobbes, if I'm robbed at gunpoint:

Accepted Answer

A)   I act freely when I give up my wallet.
B)   my fear of death prevents my acting freely.
C)   my duty to preserve my life makes my actions necessary, not free.
D)   my actions are physically determined, and thus not free.
E)   the robber's actions are physically determined, and thus he is not morally responsible for them.

Question 19

"Does the soul exist?" is a theological, not a metaphysical, question.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Ric Hoogestraat justifies his time spent in Second Life by comparing it to his wife's time spent watching television. .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind

According to Hobbes, when I'm deliberating about whether to reach out and grasp an object:

Science, according to Kant, gives us knowledge of independent reality.

Which of the following are not substances, according to traditional metaphysical usage?

If our actions are causally determined, we're never morally responsible for our actions.

According to Descartes, every object in the physical universe has an immaterial spirit.

Materialism is the only one-substance theory considered in this chapter.

Materialism and idealism are both kinds of monism.

To say that the experience of seeing a green apple should itself be green is what Smart calls:

Hobbes and Hume agree that:

According to the consciousness objection:

Modern neurophysiological explanations of voluntary actions are not materialistic.

According to Descartes, the fundamental property of mental substance is immortality.

According to our author, Descartes' dream of a unified theory has not been achieved.

Hobbes, as a materialist, disagreed with the theories of the Greek atomists.

Kant says those who believe there is a real conflict between free will and determination:

Which of the following is not a question of metaphysics?

Metaphysics, in modern philosophy, refers to:

According to Hobbes, if I'm robbed at gunpoint:

"Does the soul exist?" is a theological, not a metaphysical, question.

Ric Hoogestraat justifies his time spent in Second Life by comparing it to his wife's time spent watching television. .