Question 1 Best Philosophies

A form of soft determinism, this philosophy claims that freedom and determinism can co-exist.

• compatabilism
• coherence
• existentialsim
• materialism

Descartes argued that he could only verify that he had a mind, but could not verify that anyone else did.  This idea of the mind is known as...

• separation of powers
• dualism
• solipsism
• ghost in the machine

This Latin phrase, which describes an epistemological theory from John Locke, states that we do not have any preconceieved ideas, and all or our knowledge is derived from our senses.  It was called by Jonathon Haidt, "the most dangerous idea in all of philosophy.

• memento mori
• ex nihilo nihil fit
• mens rea
• tabula rasa

This modern philosopher used a thought experiment with bats to suggest though we can have objective knowledge about other species, we can never know what it is to be one, suggesting that just because consciousness can't be quantified doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

• Karl Marx
• Robert Noczik
• Hannah Arendt
• Thomas Nagel

Proposed by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, it is the idea that when we act as if we have no choice that we are being dishonest, as we always have choice

• being in itself
• being for itself
• bad faith
• facticity

While B.F. Skinner proposed speaking teleologically is outdated because we can't prove intent scientifically, this Latin phrase--used in both law and ethics--suggests that our society inherently believes we have freedom and intent, as it is the basis of our legal and ethical systems

• tabula rasa
• memento mori
• mens rea
• carpe noctum

The theory that the mind or soul is a category of existence connected to but distinct from the body.

• monism
• functionalism
• mind-body identity
• dualism

Descartes proposed a deductive argument of mind that said animals can not think, reason, or rationalize to deny that they have _______________, a traditional argument that has backfired as science has proved that many animals can do these things.

• feelings
• rationalism
• personhood
• love

If you are arguing that reality is essential all physical, this is the branch of monism you should be using.

• functionalism
• idealism
• materialism
• pluralism

Hume argued an extreme form of empiricism.  In it, he suggested that if all knowledge was derived from the senses, then this troubling proposition is likely true.

• There is no such thing as a free lunch
• There is no such thing as a permanent self.
• There is know such thing as true knowledge.
• There is no such thing as verifiable truth.