Philosophy 001 - Introduction to Philosophy » Spring 2021 » Exam 2

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Question #1
"All triangles have three sides" is an example of a(n)
A.   False statement
B.   Synthetic statement
C.   Analytic statement
D.   A posteriori statement
Question #2
Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Locke believed that there was no difference between primary and secondary qualities.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
Austin held that we could use a language to talk with each other even if there were no rules governing its use
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
Berkeley was an empiricist
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
A posteriori knowledge
A.   Is derived from experience in the world
B.   Is derived from deductive reasoning
C.   Is absolutely certain
D.   Can be known without experience
Question #7
Descartes argues that the one thing he can know beyond a doubt is
A.   His existence as a physical body
B.   His existence as a mind
C.   The existence of other people
D.   The existence of the external world
Question #8
Whose Copernican Revolution was based on the claim that the world must conform to the mind?
A.   Descartes
B.   Hume
C.   Locke
D.   Kant
Question #9
In defending the design argument, Paley uses the example of finding a
A.   telephone
B.   radio
C.   watch
D.   compass
Question #10
Berkeley was an atheist
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #11
Which of the following philosophers proposed a version of the correspondence theory of truth?
A.   Rudolf Carnap
B.   Clarence I. Lewis
C.   Bertrand Russell
D.   Hans Georg Gadamer
Question #12
Innate ideas are ideas that
A.   Are acquired through experience
B.   Can never be known to be true
C.   Are based on an individual's cultural traditions
D.   The mind possesses from birth
Question #13
What philosopher argued that scientific claims or hypotheses must be capable of being verified through empirical observations?
A.   Karl Popper
B.   Immanuel Kant
C.   John Stuart Mill
D.   Isaac Newton
Question #14
What contemporary philosopher argues that truth is whatever has passed society's procedures of justification?
A.   Alfred Tarski
B.   RIchard Rorty
C.   John Searle
D.   Bertrand Russell
Question #15
The problem of evil argues that an all-knowing, all-powerful, and perfectly good God could exist in a world where evil also exists
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #16
Descartes believed that our knowledge of the world was derived from our senses
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
According to Locke, secondary qualities are those qualities that do not depend on an observer.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #18
Immanuel Kant is a proponent of transcendental idealism.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #19
A solipsist is one who doubts one's own existence.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #20
Leibniz held that innate ideas were tendencies
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #21
According to the ______________ theory of truth, a belief is true if it is, or can be, integrated within the framework of all the other beliefs that we already accept as true.
A.   correspondence
B.   foundationalist
C.   coherence
D.   pragmatic
Question #22
Descartes believed that all of our knowledge was derived from our senses
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #23
Shankara developed the idea of sublation
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #24
According to Locke, a primary quality of an apple might be its
A.   Redness
B.   Smell
C.   Smoothness
D.   Roundness
Question #25
Innate ideas are ideas that
A.   Are based on cultural traditions
B.   The mind possesses from birth
C.   Can never be known
D.   Are acquired only through experience
Question #26
For what philosopher does reality contain every possible kind of being, from the "lowest" kind of inert matter to the "highest" kind of spirit?
A.   Karl Marx
B.   Augustine
C.   Thomas Hobbes
D.   Jean Paul Sartre
Question #27
The ontological argument holds that God must exist because
A.   The nature of God guarantees God's existence
B.   Good exists in the world
C.   There is order and purpose in the world
D.   There must be a first cause
Question #28
A priori knowledge is knowledge that can only come from experience in the world.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #29
An agnostic is one who denies the existence of a God or gods
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #30
The argument from design holds that God must exist because
A.   The nature of God guarantees God's existence
B.   There is order and purpose in the world
C.   There must have been a first cause
D.   Good exists in the world
Question #31
Anne Conway was an empiricist
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #32
The cosmological argument holds that God must exist because
A.   There must be a first cause
B.   There is goodness in the world
C.   The nature of God guarantees God's existence
D.   There is order and purpose in the world
Question #33
The ontological argument was developed by
A.   Aristotle
B.   Aquinas
C.   Augustine
D.   Anselm
Question #34
Richard Rorty advocates a pragmatist theory of truth.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #35
The term omniscient means
A.   Perfectly good
B.   infinite
C.   All powerful
D.   All knowing
Question #36
What philosopher wrote: "A text is understood only if it is understood in a different way every time."?
A.   Immanuel Kant
B.   David Hume
C.   Ludwig Wittgenstein
D.   Hans Georg Gadamer
Question #37
John Searle believes that all true propositions are those
A.   that cohere with other beliefs
B.   that rest on foundational beliefs
C.   that correspond to mental states
D.   that correspond to facts
Question #38
David Hume is an example of a skeptic.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #39
Vatsyayana accepted which view of truth?
A.   Rationalism
B.   Foundationalism
C.   Correspondence
D.   Pragmatism
Question #40
Who compared the mind to a blank slate?
A.   Aquinas
B.   Locke
C.   Descartes
D.   Bacon
Question #41
Descartes' methodological point of departure was
A.   Empiricism
B.   Atheism
C.   Relativism
D.   Skepticism
Question #42
According to the _________ view of scientific truth, scientific theories are literally true or false.
A.   Relativist
B.   Realist
C.   Antirealist
D.   Instrumentalist
Question #43
What philosopher argues that space and time are structures within our mind?
A.   Descartes
B.   Hume
C.   Locke
D.   Kant
Question #44
A priori propositions are propositions that we know to be true without having to observe the world.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #45
A basic belief is one that does not need to be justified by other beliefs
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #46
C.G. Hempel rejected the coherentist view of truth.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #47
Dharmakirti accepted a foundationalist view of truth.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #48
A posteriori propositions are propositions that we can know to be true without having to observe the world.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #49
Martin Luther believed that there was only one true interpretation of scripture.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #50
St. Anselm was a proponent of the
A.   Teleological Argument
B.   Problem of Evil
C.   Cosmological Argument
D.   Ontological Argument

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