WorksheetsEpistemology 10 Idealism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Idealists believe the only thing that exists are...
Objects and their properties
God and properties
Minds and ideas
God and minds
There is a concern that Idealism leads to
(a)
Berkeley attacks indirect realism by claiming that ideas can only ever be like other ideas, not physical objects. This is known as...
(a)
Berkeley's Idealism has difficulty explaining ...
Time lag
Perceptual variation
Illusions
Hallucinations
It is a philosophical doctrine which holds the view that ideas are only the reality.
Pragmatism
Naturalism
Realism
Idealism
Which of the following is NOT true of sense data?
A) It is immediate
B) It is incorrigible
C) It is logically private
D) It is objective
The pencil appearing to bend in water is an example of which criticism of direct realism?
A) Illusion
B) Perceptual Variation
C) Hallucination
D) Time Lag
Bertrand Russell's description of his experience of seeing the table is an example of which criticism of direct realism?
A) Illusion
B) Perceptual Variation
C) Hallucination
D) Time Lag
Which of the following do indirect realists claim?
A) The objects of perception appear to us as they actually are
B) Objects are mind dependent
C) Objects are mind independent
D) All properties of objects are primary qualities
How does Bertrand Russell respond to the sceptic's claim that objects and the external world may not exist?
A) Our experience of objects is involuntary
B) Our experience is coherent
C) The existence of objects is the best hypothesis
D) God would not deceive us about the existence of objects
How does the idealist Berkeley explain the coherence of our experience of objects?
The existence of physical objects
The existence of atoms, a material substratum
The existence of God
By reference to the existence of other minds
What is Berkeley's Master Argument?
The fact that we are unable to conceive of colour without shape
The issue of being unable to form an idea of something that is unperceived as we are perceiving it when we form the idea
The fact that we do not empirically experience objects
The claim that God must exist in order to guarantee the stability and coherence of our perception
Which of the following is true of secondary qualities of objects?
They exist regardless of whether the object is being perceived
They do not vary based on how and when they are perceived
They are a property of the object itself not our senses
They are subjective and depend on our senses
What does subjective idealism propose?
Reality is independent of the mind and exists objectively.
Reality is a result of collective consciousness.
Only individual minds and their experiences are real.
Reality is a mix of material and immaterial substances.
Russell's example of his cat demonstrates what is the best hypothesis?
The cat does not exist independently of my mind
The cat exists independently of my mind
