PHIL 201 QUIZ 4

Question 1 1. Which of the following represents the key difference in thought from Descartes to Bacon? the inductive method experience of the physical world particular ideas in the mind critique of Aristotle 3 points Question 2 1. Descartes believed that all men were born a tabula rasa. True False 3 points Question 3 1. For Locke, which of the ideas below would be a complex idea: rectangle white table heavy 3 points Question 4 1. Plato’s forms exist apart from the physical objects that they represent in the world experienced by our senses. True False 3 points Question 5 1. Which of the following can be classified as a priori knowledge? Mathematics Anatomy Astronomy Revelation 3 points Question 6 1. By “noumena” Kant is referring to the raw sense data before it enters our mind the organization of the raw data by our mind what we can know the foundational beliefs that form the basis for our knowledge 3 points Question 7 1. According to the pointecast presentation on truth theories, Coherence is a sufficient condition for truth, but it is not a necessary condition for truth. True False 3 points Question 8 1. Scientific anti-realism is the view that science does not claim objects like electrons actually exist. They are just a fictional construct to explain how things work. This view fits best with which truth theory: Correspondence theory Pragmatic theory Coherence Theory Construction Theory 3 points Question 9 1. An argument used by Descartes to prove Gods existence: Cosmological argument Teleological argument Ontological argument Moral argument 3 points Question 10 1. Plato develops the traditional view of knowledge in one particular book of his. What is the title of that specific book by Plato? (Note: “Complete Works” is not the answer.) Theaetetus 3 points Question 11 1. Even after the Gettier problem, Dew and Foreman think that JTB is still at least a necessary condition for knowledge. True. False. 3 points Question 12 1. The study of epistemology has had positive impact of which of the following? History. Art. Politics. Science. 3 points Question 13 1. As long as justification is present, one can be assured that he/she has real knowledge. True. False. 3 points Question 14 1. Knowledge has traditionally been defined as Justified, true, opinion. True False 3 points Question 15 1. Gettier Problems show that: JTB fails to properly account for a kind of belief. JTB fails to demonstrate the truth of a claim. JTB does not require biblical support for truth claims. JTB may be based on weak justification or invalid inferences. 3 points Question 16 1. Pragmatist theories of truth focus mostly how well a set of belief “work” for a particular person. True. False. 3 points Question 17 1. The correspondence theory of truth is thought by some philosophers to be a pre-theoretic intuition that we philosophize with, not to. True. False. 3 points Question 18 1. According to Dew and Foreman, if something exists, then something must be true of about the things that exists. True. False. 3 points Question 19 1. Which of the following is not one of the reasons Dew and Foreman give to show that truth really does exist. The denial of truth is self-contradictory. The denial of truth is challenged by the nature of reality itself. We have strong intuitions about truth. The modern advancements in political thought. 3 points Question 20 1. The correspondence theory of truth holds that statements are true when they correspond to the real state of affairs in the world. True. False.