Higher Descartes Quiz

Descartes is known as the father of

• Modern Science

• Modern Maths

• Modern Philosophy

• Modern Knowledge

Descartes was a

• Empiricist

• Rationalist

• Sceptic

• Materialist

Descartes believed the issues sourrounding knowledge was: (tick all that apply)

• That it is all based on sense experience

• It is based on questionable foundations

• It is all wrong

• There was a large amount of falsehoods he accepted as true in his childhood

Descartes refused to accept any knowledge claim as true, unless it was certain to the point of being beyond doubt. This is also known as:

• Descartes Method of Doubt

• Descartes Meditations

• Descartes Cogito

What are the aims of Descartes method of doubt? (tick all that apply)

• To establish a foundation for knowledge that couldn't be doubted

• To defeat the sceptics

• To prove the existence of God

• To avoid believing things that are not completely certain and indubitable.

Descartes begins Meditations by presenting three arguments that support scepticism. These are sometimes referred to as:

• The three ways of doubt

• The three waves of doubt

• The three tides of doubt

• The three caves of doubt

In what order are Descartes three sceptical arguments presented in Meditation 1?

• 1) Dreaming 2) Illusion 3) Evil Demon

• 1) Evil Demon 2) Dreaming 3) Illusion

• 1) Illusion 2) Dreaming 3) Evil Demon

• 1) Dreaming 2) Evil Demon 3) Illusion

Descartes says that many of his beliefs are based on his sense experience and he has, in the past been deceived by his senses. This is also known as the:

• Argument from dreaming

• Argument from illusion

• The evil demon argument

Descartes doubts whether he knows if he is awake. He begins by explaining that he has no way of knowing if he is really seated on front of the fireplace or if he is really lying asleep in bed. This is known as the:

• Argument from illusion

• Dreaming argument

• Evil Demon argument

What is meant by a priori knowledge?

• knowledge gained from the senses

• knowledge gained from reason alone

• knowledge gained from both the senses and reason

• knowledge that we cannot know for certain