Philosophy Quiz: Human Nature and Rationalism (50 Questions)

Plato believed the soul had how many parts?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

What part of the soul does Plato associate with desires?

• Reason

• Spirit

• Appetite

• Conscience

According to Plato, the charioteer in the soul metaphor represents what?

• Emotion

• Appetite

• Reason

• Instinct

Fill in the blank: Descartes' foundational truth is "I _____ therefore I am."

• think

• run

• sleep

• eat

Which philosopher is associated with the phrase "cogito ergo sum"?

• Plato

• Nietzsche

• Descartes

• Hobbes

What did Hume believe about causation?

• It is learned through logic

• It is an illusion

• It is known a priori

• It is derived from habit

Fill in the blank: Hume argued that reason is the slave of the (a)   .

Which principle states that something cannot both be and not be?

(a)  

Nietzsche’s idea that knowledge is always interpretive is called what?

• Absolute Idealism

• Rationalism

• Perspectivism

• Objectivism

According to Kuhn, scientific progress happens through what?

• Linear improvement

• Paradox shifts

• Paradigm shifts

• Accidental discovery