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Worksheet time: 36mins
Libertarians argue that we are morally responsible for our use of free will.
True
False
Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?
Lover of philosphy
Lover of wisdom
Lover of hope
Lover of questions
Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?
Lover of philosphy
Lover of wisdom
Lover of hope
Lover of questions
What does tabula rasa mean?
Red tablet
New knowledge
Rise tomorrow
Clean slate
The allegory of the cave argues what?
We are born with infinite knowledge.
There is value in ignorance.
Perceptions are sources of absolute knowledge.
Our perceptions may not be accurate.
The reality that exists outside our human experience.
physics
mathematics
magnetics
metaphysics
The study of the human experience.
Anthropology
Antarctica
Astrology
Analogy
The study of Truth or Knowledge.
Epistemology
Ecclesiology
Ethnography
Ecology
This branch of philosophy studies the concept of knowledge.
Metaphysics
Empiricism
Epistemology
Theology
The study of knowledge, truth, and the nature of ultimate reality.
Philosophy
Theology
Anthropology
Hamartiology
What makes a bad decision bad? A question that falls under the branch of Philosophy called _________.
Logic
Epistemology
Ethics
Metaphysics
What branch of philosophy deals with the study of moral judgments?
Aesthetics
Ethics
Cosmology
Psychology
What branch of philosophy deals with the study of social institutions and the state?
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
Ethics
What is the meaning of the Greek word "Sophia"?
Happiness
Freedom
Love
Wisdom
If someone is a cheat and a liar, you might say, "She is not a (an) ________ person."
moral
ethical
When a professional accepts payments to commit a wrongful act, we say that he/she is not acting according to the ___________ code.
Ethics
Moral
Branch of Philosophy that deals with questions such as "What is reasoning"?
Metaphysics
Logic
Epistemology
Ethics
Errors in reasoning.
(a)
An obstacle to cognition wherein it refers to the tradition and practices as well as to beliefs which one accepts as frames of reference.
Idols of the cave
Idols of the tribe
Idols of theatre
Idols of the marketplace
Idols of the mind.
(a)
This follows what kind of fallacy.
"Nothing is better than God".
"One loaf of bread is better than NOTHING".
"Ergo, one loaf of bread is better than God".
Material Fallacy
Formal Fallacy
Semantical Fallacy
Why do we study Philosophy?
Libertarians argue that we are morally responsible for our use of free will.
True
False
When referring to cartesian dualism, soul and mind may be used interchangeably.
True
False
Descartes was determined to disprove the existence of God.
True
False
Idealism is a type of monism.
True
False
Socrates asserts that us human beings are nothing like the prisoners described in the Allegory of the Cave.
True
False
The ability and the opportunity to perform whatever action we choose, that is, freedom from external forces, obstacles, and natural limitations that restrict or compel our actions.
Metaphysical Freedom
Circumstantial Freedom
Determinism
Metaphysics
The mind-body problem asks which of the following question(s)?
What is the mind?
What is the relationship between the mind and the body?
What is the relationship between mental properties and physical properties?
All of the options listed.
The theory that human beings can be explained completely and adequately in terms of their physical or material components.
Physicalism
Cartesian Dualism
Functionalism
Naturalistic Dualism
A type of physicalism that denies the existence of a seperate, nonphysical mind and discards language that refers to mental events.
Identity Theory
Eliminativism
Folk Psychology
Reductionism
David Chalmers is a proponent of
Reductionism
Eliminativism
Identity Theory
Naturalistic Dualism
Which of the following solutions to the mind-body problem utilizes the theory of multiple realizability?
Dualism
Physicalism
Functionalism
Eliminativism
John Searle’s Chinese Room Argument seeks to show that computers lack
Qualia
Intentionality
Substance
Material
The dualist would agree with the _ that the unique nature of mental events is not explained by the physical makeup of our brains.
functionalist
physicalist
reductionist
compatibilist
The claim that the mind and the body (which includes the brain) are separate entities.
(a)
According to David Chalmers, the _ is that which lies between physical processes and consciousness.
(a)
Who proposed the Evil Demon Thought Experiment?
René Descartes
Frank Jackson
John Searle
Alan Turing
Latin meaning "I think, therefore I am"
(a)
The thesis that human thought, choices, and actions are, without exception, causally determined by prior events.
Libertarianism
Hard Determinism
Compatibilism
Dualism
The principle of simplicity
Ockham's Razor
Multiple Realizability
Qualia
Monism
The ___ disagrees that If we are determined, then we lack the freedom necessary to be morally responsible.
Libertarian
Hard Determinist
Compatibilist
Physicalist
The teacher is a midwife of ideas who helps the students bring to birth the ideas latent within their minds.
Empiricism
Rationalism
The mind is like a rubber band that encompasses the information that it acquires from the world. Hence, the job of the teacher is to stretch the students’ mind so that they can accommodate ever larger amounts of data.
Empiricism
Rationalism
The students’ mind contains the seeds of understanding. The teacher is merely a gardener who prepares the soil and provides it with nourishment, so that the seeds can grow and produce fruit.
Empiricism
Rationalism
The teacher is a lamplighter who illuminates the students’ mind so that the truth within will shine forth.
Empiricism
Rationalism
The mind is like a copy machine that reproduces images of the data it has scanned from the external world.
Empiricism
Rationalism
The teacher is a tour guide who leads the students into new and unfamiliar terrain.
Empiricism
Rationalism
The teacher is an archaeologist who helps the students discover the treasures buried into the depths of their own minds.
Empiricism
Rationalism
The mind is like a window that provides access to the outside world. Ignorance, prejudice, and dogmatism are like a haze or obstacles that the teacher must remove in order for the light of truth to shine through the window of intellect.
Empiricism
Rationalism
The mind is like a computer. Its capabilities are only as good as the data it receives.
Empiricism
Rationalism
The mind is like a computer. Without some built-in internal content such as logic circuits and an operating system, it is incapable of processing external data.
Empiricism
Rationalism
What is empiricism?
Knowledge derived from logical reasoning and deduction.
Knowledge derived from religious beliefs and faith.
Knowledge derived from intuition and speculation.
Knowledge derived from sensory experience and observation.
Who is considered the father of British empiricism?
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Which of the following best describes secondary qualities according to Locke
qualities which are nothing in the objects themselves, rather they are powers that produce in us various qualities by their primary qualities
characteristics that necessarily inhered in material bodies
Sensory experience and observation of the external world.
Intuition and innate ideas.
What are simple ideas in empiricism?
Innate knowledge
Rationalism
Intuition
Basic elements of knowledge derived from sensory experience.
What are complex ideas in empiricism?
Derived from innate ideas
Based on sensory experience
Result of rational deduction
Derived from simple ideas through mental operations.
Which of the following is Not a complex idea
color
sound
taste
motion
Which of the following is NOT a simple idea? (according to john locke)
solidity
motion
extension
modes
Which of the following best describes primary qualities
characteristics that necessarily inhered in material bodies
those ideas which first enter the mind through the senses, pure and uncomplicated
Theories of knowledge
Theories of intuition
which of the following are works written by John Locke?
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
The Social Contract
Two Treatises of Government
The Prince
What is the concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy?
The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the belief that individuals are born with innate knowledge.
The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the idea that individuals are born with a blank slate and acquire knowledge through sensory perception and experience.
The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the idea that individuals are born with predetermined personalities.
The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the notion that individuals are born with a fixed set of abilities and talents.
What is empiricism?
Knowledge derived from logical reasoning and deduction.
Knowledge derived from religious beliefs and faith.
Knowledge derived from intuition and speculation.
Knowledge derived from sensory experience and observation.
Who is considered the father of British empiricism?
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Which of the following best describes secondary qualities according to Locke
qualities which are nothing in the objects themselves, rather they are powers that produce in us various qualities by their primary qualities
characteristics that necessarily inhered in material bodies
Sensory experience and observation of the external world.
Intuition and innate ideas.
What are simple ideas in empiricism?
Innate knowledge
Rationalism
Intuition
Basic elements of knowledge derived from sensory experience.
What are complex ideas in empiricism?
Derived from innate ideas
Based on sensory experience
Result of rational deduction
Derived from simple ideas through mental operations.
Which of the following is Not a complex idea
color
sound
taste
motion
Which of the following is NOT a simple idea? (according to john locke)
solidity
motion
extension
modes
Which of the following best describes primary qualities
characteristics that necessarily inhered in material bodies
those ideas which first enter the mind through the senses, pure and uncomplicated
Theories of knowledge
Theories of intuition
which of the following are works written by John Locke?
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
The Social Contract
Two Treatises of Government
The Prince
What is the concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy?
The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the belief that individuals are born with innate knowledge.
The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the idea that individuals are born with a blank slate and acquire knowledge through sensory perception and experience.
The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the idea that individuals are born with predetermined personalities.
The concept of tabula rasa in John Locke's philosophy is the notion that individuals are born with a fixed set of abilities and talents.
