Knowledge from Reason Quiz

According to empiricism, where does all knowledge come from?

• Intuition and deduction

• Perceptual experience

• Innate knowledge

• Logical contradiction

What is the definition of an analytic truth?

• True in virtue of the meaning of the words

• True in virtue of how the world is

• True in virtue of intuition and deduction

• True in virtue of perceptual experience

What is the definition of a posteriori knowledge?

• Knowledge that can be acquired without experience of the external world

• Knowledge that can only be acquired from experience of the external world

• Knowledge that can be acquired through intuition and deduction

• Knowledge that can be acquired through logical contradiction

According to rationalism, can synthetic truths be known a priori?

• Yes, through intuition and deduction

• No, only through perceptual experience

• Yes, through innate knowledge

• No, through logical contradiction

What are the three waves of doubt in Descartes' Meditations?

• Illusion, dreaming, deception

• Rationalism, empiricism, innatism

• Analytic, synthetic, a priori

• Intuition, deduction, perception

What is the famous phrase associated with Descartes' philosophy?

• Cogito ergo sum

• I doubt, therefore I think

• I exist, therefore I am

• Illusion, dreaming, deception

What does Descartes' argument of 'cogito ergo sum' prove?

• The existence of God

• The existence of the external world

• The existence of innate knowledge

• The existence of oneself