Epistemology Quiz

According to Descartes, what is the foundation upon which he can build the rest of his knowledge?

• Sensory perception

• Primary and secondary qualities

• Mathematical absolutes

• Reason and thought

What did Descartes conclude as the only thing he can truly be sure of no matter if he is dreaming, or inebriated, or under the spell of an Evil Genius?

• His senses.

• Material objects exist.

• He has innate ideas.

• He is a thinking being.

What does John Locke believe is the primary source of knowledge?

• Divine perception

• Innate ideas

• Reason

• Sensory input

According to Locke, what are the two varieties of ideas?

• Material and mental

• Simple and complex

• Primary and secondary

• Innate and acquired

What is the central point of empiricism according to Berkeley and Locke?

• Gaining knowledge through divine perception

• Gaining knowledge through the senses

• Gaining knowledge through reason

• Gaining knowledge through innate ideas

According to Berkeley, what allows us to bridge our individual subjective realities to understand one another?

• Divine perception

• Material objects

• Language and natural patterns

• Innate ideas

What does Berkeley argue is the only thing we can know as real?

• Divine perception

• Innate ideas

• Material objects

• Our ideas and perceptions

What does Descartes conclude as the foundation of knowledge: the one truth to build from?

• Innate ideas like substance and identity

• I am a thinking being.

• Our senses are the source of true knowledge.

• God exists

What does Descartes believe is the primary source of error in human knowledge?

• Lack of innate ideas

• Reliance on sensory perception

• Reliance on divine perception

• Ignorance

Why must Berkeley rewrite his original argument esse est percipi (to be is to be perceived)?