Question 1

According to Leibniz, a truth of fact is contingent, which means its contradictory could have been true instead.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Solipsism is an extreme form of:

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A)   epistemological skepticism.
B)   epistemological relativism.
C)   rationalism.
D)   empiricism.
E)   None of the above

Question 3

Stanley Fish did not mind that his work was plagiarized. FALSE110. According to Stanley Fish, plagiarism is not a philosophical issue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Your visual image of this page would be considered by Hume to be a complex idea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to Descartes, which of the following is beyond doubt?

Accepted Answer

A)   God exists.
B)   2 + 3 = 5.
C)   Washington, D.C. is the capital of the U.S.
D)   I am awake, and not just dreaming.
E)   None of the above

Question 6

Kant suggests that we derive our individuality from the unique collection of categories each of our minds contains.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Descartes, in the first Meditation, believes that he might be mistaken when he thinks a square has four sides.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following are rationalists?

Accepted Answer

A)   David Hume
B)   G.W. Leibniz
C)   René Descartes
D)   Both B and C
E)   All of the above

Question 9

According to John Locke, all knowledge is founded on:

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A)   reason.
B)   logic.
C)   experience
D)   imagination.
E)   Both A and B

Question 10

If Locke's theory is correct, then:

Accepted Answer

A)   God's existence is known from experience.
B)   we have no idea of God.
C)   God is necessarily omnipotent.
D)   Both A and C
E)   None of the above

Question 11

Leibniz says the sufficient reason for the world is:

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A)   God.
B)   the laws of logic.
C)   a necessary substance.
D)   a contingent substance.
E)   Both A and C

Question 12

The "epistemological turn" began with:

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A)   Plato, and ended with Descartes.
B)   Descartes, and ended with Leibniz.
C)   Descartes, and ended with Kant.
D)   Kant, and is still continuing.
E)   Descartes, and is still continuing.

Question 13

Hume holds that whatever exists must have had something that caused it to exist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

After Descartes, philosophers considered questions of how we know to be more important than questions of what we know.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Descartes begins by doubting everything but the existence of God.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Stanley Fish compares the rules of plagiarism to the rules of:

Accepted Answer

A)   hockey
B)   baseball
C)   golf
D)   football
E)   basketball

Question 17

The "thought experiment" with the lump of wax shows that Descartes was:

Accepted Answer

A)   a rationalist.
B)   an empiricist.
C)   an epistemological skepticist.
D)   a solipsist.
E)   None of the above

Question 18

The criteria of truth offered by Descartes in the second Meditation are:

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A)   certainty and reliability.
B)   clearness and distinctness.
C)   skepticism and solipsism.
D)   rationalism and empiricism.
E)   reason and sense perception.

Question 19

Truths of fact are justified by appeal to:

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A)   the laws of logic.
B)   the law of contradiction.
C)   clear and distinct perceptions.
D)   the Principle of Sufficient Reason.
E)   the Law of the Excluded Middle.

Question 20

In Meditation I, Descartes believed that he would have to evaluate each of his beliefs, one by one.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Theory of Knowledge

After Descartes, philosophers considered questions of how we know to be more important than questions of what we know.

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Your visual image of this page would be considered by Hume to be a complex idea.

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The criteria of truth offered by Descartes in the second Meditation are:

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Stanley Fish compares the rules of plagiarism to the rules of:

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Leibniz says the sufficient reason for the world is:

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The "epistemological turn" began with:

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According to John Locke, all knowledge is founded on:

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Solipsism is an extreme form of:

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If Locke's theory is correct, then:

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Stanley Fish did not mind that his work was plagiarized. FALSE110. According to Stanley Fish, plagiarism is not a philosophical issue.

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Truths of fact are justified by appeal to:

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Descartes begins by doubting everything but the existence of God.

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Descartes, in the first Meditation, believes that he might be mistaken when he thinks a square has four sides.

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Hume holds that whatever exists must have had something that caused it to exist.

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According to Leibniz, a truth of fact is contingent, which means its contradictory could have been true instead.

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In Meditation I, Descartes believed that he would have to evaluate each of his beliefs, one by one.

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According to Descartes, which of the following is beyond doubt?

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Kant suggests that we derive our individuality from the unique collection of categories each of our minds contains.

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Which of the following are rationalists?

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The "thought experiment" with the lump of wax shows that Descartes was:

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