Quiz: Knowledge and Its Sources
Question 1 3 pts
For Hume, which of the following would be a matter of fact:
Group of answer choices
Squares have four corners
5x25=125
Bachelors are unmarried males.
Philosophers are intelligent.
Question 2 3 pts
According to Hume, why can we never arrive at certainty?
Group of answer choices
Because it is possible to doubt all of our knowledge and you can’t be certain
of what you can doubt
Because it is always possible that we are dreaming everything we
experiencing
Because we are locked into what our senses tell us and have no quality
control test to determine if what they tell us is true
Because we can only know simple ideas for certain and simple ideas are
arrived at a priori
Question 3 3 pts
Plato was hesitant to build a theory of knowledge on the physical world
because
Group of answer choices
Our senses are not always reliable
The physical world is always changing
He could not be certain it even existed
, God had not revealed it to him.
Question 4 3 pts
For Plato, the realm where things are constantly in a flux and changing is:
Group of answer choices
the world of becoming
the world of being
the world of the forms
the world of the intellect
Question 5 3 pts
According to Dew and Foreman, faith is one of the sources of knowledge.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 6 3 pts
Plato’s forms exist apart from the physical objects that they represent in the
world experienced by our senses.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 7 3 pts
One problem with the coherence theory of truth is that it is not linked with
the real world but only systems of beliefs.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 8 3 pts
The statement, “I know how to play the xylophone” is an example of
propositional knowledge.
Question 1 3 pts
For Hume, which of the following would be a matter of fact:
Group of answer choices
Squares have four corners
5x25=125
Bachelors are unmarried males.
Philosophers are intelligent.
Question 2 3 pts
According to Hume, why can we never arrive at certainty?
Group of answer choices
Because it is possible to doubt all of our knowledge and you can’t be certain
of what you can doubt
Because it is always possible that we are dreaming everything we
experiencing
Because we are locked into what our senses tell us and have no quality
control test to determine if what they tell us is true
Because we can only know simple ideas for certain and simple ideas are
arrived at a priori
Question 3 3 pts
Plato was hesitant to build a theory of knowledge on the physical world
because
Group of answer choices
Our senses are not always reliable
The physical world is always changing
He could not be certain it even existed
, God had not revealed it to him.
Question 4 3 pts
For Plato, the realm where things are constantly in a flux and changing is:
Group of answer choices
the world of becoming
the world of being
the world of the forms
the world of the intellect
Question 5 3 pts
According to Dew and Foreman, faith is one of the sources of knowledge.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 6 3 pts
Plato’s forms exist apart from the physical objects that they represent in the
world experienced by our senses.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 7 3 pts
One problem with the coherence theory of truth is that it is not linked with
the real world but only systems of beliefs.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 8 3 pts
The statement, “I know how to play the xylophone” is an example of
propositional knowledge.
