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.   Analytic statement
B.   Synthetic statement
C.   False 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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
Berkeley was an empiricist
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
A posteriori knowledge
A.   Is derived from deductive reasoning
B.   Can be known without experience
C.   Is absolutely certain
D.   Is derived from experience in the world
Question #7
Descartes argues that the one thing he can know beyond a doubt is
A.   The existence of other people
B.   His existence as a physical body
C.   The existence of the external world
D.   His existence as a mind
Question #8
Whose Copernican Revolution was based on the claim that the world must conform to the mind?
A.   Locke
B.   Kant
C.   Hume
D.   Descartes
Question #9
In defending the design argument, Paley uses the example of finding a
A.   compass
B.   radio
C.   watch
D.   telephone
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.   Hans Georg Gadamer
C.   Clarence I. Lewis
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 based on an individual's cultural traditions
D.   Are acquired through experience
Question #13
What philosopher argued that scientific claims or hypotheses must be capable of being verified through empirical observations?
A.   Isaac Newton
B.   Immanuel Kant
C.   John Stuart Mill
D.   Karl Popper
Question #14
What contemporary philosopher argues that truth is whatever has passed society's procedures of justification?
A.   Bertrand Russell
B.   RIchard Rorty
C.   Alfred Tarski
D.   John Searle
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #24
According to Locke, a primary quality of an apple might be its
A.   Smoothness
B.   Redness
C.   Roundness
D.   Smell
Question #25
Innate ideas are ideas that
A.   The mind possesses from birth
B.   Are based on cultural traditions
C.   Are acquired only through experience
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.   Jean Paul Sartre
B.   Karl Marx
C.   Thomas Hobbes
D.   Augustine
Question #27
The ontological argument holds that God must exist because
A.   Good exists in the world
B.   There is order and purpose in the world
C.   The nature of God guarantees God's existence
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #30
The argument from design 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 have been a first cause
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 is goodness in the world
C.   There is order and purpose in the world
D.   There must be a first cause
Question #33
The ontological argument was developed by
A.   Aristotle
B.   Anselm
C.   Augustine
D.   Aquinas
Question #34
Richard Rorty advocates a pragmatist theory of truth.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #35
The term omniscient means
A.   All powerful
B.   infinite
C.   Perfectly good
D.   All knowing
Question #36
What philosopher wrote: "A text is understood only if it is understood in a different way every time."?
A.   Hans Georg Gadamer
B.   Ludwig Wittgenstein
C.   Immanuel Kant
D.   David Hume
Question #37
John Searle believes that all true propositions are those
A.   that correspond to facts
B.   that correspond to mental states
C.   that cohere with other beliefs
D.   that rest on foundational beliefs
Question #38
David Hume is an example of a skeptic.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #39
Vatsyayana accepted which view of truth?
A.   Rationalism
B.   Pragmatism
C.   Foundationalism
D.   Correspondence
Question #40
Who compared the mind to a blank slate?
A.   Locke
B.   Bacon
C.   Descartes
D.   Aquinas
Question #41
Descartes' methodological point of departure was
A.   Empiricism
B.   Skepticism
C.   Atheism
D.   Relativism
Question #42
According to the _________ view of scientific truth, scientific theories are literally true or false.
A.   Realist
B.   Antirealist
C.   Relativist
D.   Instrumentalist
Question #43
What philosopher argues that space and time are structures within our mind?
A.   Kant
B.   Locke
C.   Descartes
D.   Hume
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #47
Dharmakirti accepted a foundationalist view of truth.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
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.   Cosmological Argument
B.   Teleological Argument
C.   Problem of Evil
D.   Ontological Argument

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