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.   Synthetic statement
B.   A posteriori statement
C.   Analytic statement
D.   False 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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
Berkeley was an empiricist
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
A posteriori knowledge
A.   Is absolutely certain
B.   Is derived from experience in the world
C.   Can be known without experience
D.   Is derived from deductive reasoning
Question #7
Descartes argues that the one thing he can know beyond a doubt is
A.   The existence of the external world
B.   His existence as a mind
C.   His existence as a physical body
D.   The existence of other people
Question #8
Whose Copernican Revolution was based on the claim that the world must conform to the mind?
A.   Kant
B.   Descartes
C.   Locke
D.   Hume
Question #9
In defending the design argument, Paley uses the example of finding a
A.   telephone
B.   watch
C.   compass
D.   radio
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.   Hans Georg Gadamer
D.   Bertrand Russell
Question #12
Innate ideas are ideas that
A.   The mind possesses from birth
B.   Can never be known to be true
C.   Are acquired through experience
D.   Are based on an individual's cultural traditions
Question #13
What philosopher argued that scientific claims or hypotheses must be capable of being verified through empirical observations?
A.   Isaac Newton
B.   Karl Popper
C.   Immanuel Kant
D.   John Stuart Mill
Question #14
What contemporary philosopher argues that truth is whatever has passed society's procedures of justification?
A.   John Searle
B.   Alfred Tarski
C.   Bertrand Russell
D.   RIchard Rorty
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #17
According to Locke, secondary qualities are those qualities that do not depend on an observer.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #18
Immanuel Kant is a proponent of transcendental idealism.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #19
A solipsist is one who doubts one's own existence.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   coherence
B.   correspondence
C.   foundationalist
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #24
According to Locke, a primary quality of an apple might be its
A.   Redness
B.   Smoothness
C.   Smell
D.   Roundness
Question #25
Innate ideas are ideas that
A.   Are based on cultural traditions
B.   Are acquired only through experience
C.   The mind possesses from birth
D.   Can never be known
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.   Jean Paul Sartre
C.   Thomas Hobbes
D.   Augustine
Question #27
The ontological argument holds that God must exist because
A.   The nature of God guarantees God's existence
B.   There must be a first cause
C.   Good exists in the world
D.   There is order and purpose in the world
Question #28
A priori knowledge is knowledge that can only come from experience in the world.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   There must have been a first cause
B.   There is order and purpose in the world
C.   Good exists in the world
D.   The nature of God guarantees God's existence
Question #31
Anne Conway was an empiricist
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #32
The cosmological argument holds that God must exist because
A.   The nature of God guarantees God's existence
B.   There must be a first cause
C.   There is goodness in the world
D.   There is order and purpose in the world
Question #33
The ontological argument was developed by
A.   Aristotle
B.   Augustine
C.   Aquinas
D.   Anselm
Question #34
Richard Rorty advocates a pragmatist theory of truth.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #35
The term omniscient means
A.   All powerful
B.   All knowing
C.   infinite
D.   Perfectly good
Question #36
What philosopher wrote: "A text is understood only if it is understood in a different way every time."?
A.   Immanuel Kant
B.   Hans Georg Gadamer
C.   David Hume
D.   Ludwig Wittgenstein
Question #37
  
A.   that correspond to mental states
B.   that correspond to facts
C.   that rest on foundational beliefs
D.   that cohere with other beliefs
Question #38
David Hume is an example of a skeptic.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #39
Vatsyayana accepted which view of truth?
A.   Foundationalism
B.   Rationalism
C.   Correspondence
D.   Pragmatism
Question #40
Who compared the mind to a blank slate?
A.   Bacon
B.   Locke
C.   Aquinas
D.   Descartes
Question #41
Descartes' methodological point of departure was
A.   Relativism
B.   Skepticism
C.   Empiricism
D.   Atheism
Question #42
According to the _________ view of scientific truth, scientific theories are literally true or false.
A.   Instrumentalist
B.   Realist
C.   Relativist
D.   Antirealist
Question #43
What philosopher argues that space and time are structures within our mind?
A.   Hume
B.   Descartes
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #46
  
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #49
Martin Luther believed that there was only one true interpretation of scripture.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #50
St. Anselm was a proponent of the
A.   Teleological Argument
B.   Cosmological Argument
C.   Problem of Evil
D.   Ontological Argument

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