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Higher Philosophy Descartes and TOK

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented the Tripartite Theory of knowledge ?

a)

Descartes

b)

Plato

c)

Hume

d)

Leibniz

2.

Who used the marble metaphor ?

a)

Descartes

b)

Plato

c)

Hume

d)

Leibniz

3.

Who used the blank sheet of paper metaphor ?

a)

Locke

b)

Bekley

c)

Hume

d)

Leibniz

4.

Hume was .....

a)

A rationalist

b)

An empiricist

c)

A sceptic

d)

A sceptical empiricist

5.
What is the name of Descartes book that we are studying 
a)
The meditations
b)
The discourse
c)
Meditations on first philosophy
d)
Meditations on epistemology
6.
rationalists feel knowledge only comes through the application of pure.....
a)
reason
b)
sense perception
c)
physics
d)
intention
7.
This group argues for innate ideas
a)
Rationalism
b)
Scepticism
c)
Empiricism
d)
None of them 
8.
This group favours natural sciences
a)
Rationalism
b)
Scepticism
c)
Empiricism
d)
None of them 
9.
This group favours induction 
a)
Rationalism
b)
Scepticism
c)
Empiricism
d)
None of them 
10.
This group rejects knowledge as a possibility
a)
Rationalism
b)
Scepticism
c)
Empiricism
d)
None of them 
11.
This group rejects foundationalism
a)
Rationalism
b)
Scepticism
c)
Empiricism
d)
None of them 
12.
Which group rejects a halt in the infinite regress of justification? 
a)
Rationalism
b)
Scepticism
c)
Empiricism
d)
None of them 
13.
Who is the odd one out
a)
Descartes
b)
Spinoza
c)
Kant
d)
Leibniz
14.
Who is the odd one out
a)
Locke
b)
Mill
c)
Berkeley
d)
Hume
15.
knowing that is
a)
propositional knowledge
b)
practical knowledge
16.
knowing how is
a)
propositional knowledge
b)
practical knowledge
17.
this is an example of which type of knowledge: 
playing the guitar
a)
knowing how
b)
knowing that
18.
What does cogito ergo sum mean
a)
I think, therefore I know
b)
I think, therefore I believe
c)
I think, therefore I am
d)
I think therefore I don't exist
19.
what was Descartes' home country
a)
Spain
b)
The Netherlands
c)
France
d)
Britain
20.
What is Descartes first name?
a)
Barruch
b)
Pierre
c)
Gottfried
d)
Rene
21.
What is the name given to things written/created by Descartes
a)
Descartian
b)
Cartesian
c)
Renesian
d)
Cartelian
22.
Which was Descartes a fan of? 
a)
a priori
b)
a posteriori
23.

How do Empiricists claim we gain reliable knowledge?

a)

Through logic

b)

Through sensory experience

c)

Through practice

d)

Through reason

24.

What do Empiricists NOT believe in?

a)

A posteriori claims

b)

The mind as a blank slate at birth

c)

Some knowledge can be gained through logic and reason however the most reliable knowledge is gained through the senses

d)

Innate ideas

25.

What phrase is the most relevant to Empiricism?

a)

'Cogito ergo sum'

b)

'Better to be a human dissatisfied than a pig satisfied'

c)

'Tabula rasa'

d)

'The greatest good for the greatest number'

26.

Who created the metaphor of a 'tabula rasa' describing the mind at birth?

a)

Locke

b)

Leibniz

c)

Descartes

d)

Hume

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