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Empiricism

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

British empiricism stresses that ...

a)

Inner experiences are the most important in the attainment of knowledge

b)

Sensory experiences are the most important in the attainment of knowledge

c)

All kinds of experiences are important in the attainment of knowledge

d)

Mental workings are the most important in the attainment of knowledge

2.

According to Hobbes, the universe is set in mechanistic principles - including humans. So humans can be viewed as?

a)

Machine

b)

Organism

c)

Computer

d)

Animal

3.

Hobbes's position that all things in the world are mechanistic and sets in motion based on natural order is named ...

a)

Order Principle

b)

Free Will

c)

Determinism

d)

Linearism

4.

Tabula rasa is the theory devised by ...

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

George Berkeley

d)

Auguste Comte

5.

Locke's position is the same as Galileo in explaining primary and secondary qualities

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The process of association is the most fundamental principle of mental life, is the position of ...

a)

Empiricism

b)

Positivism

c)

Associationism

d)

Sensationalism

7.

Esse ist percipi is the famous saying of who?

a)

John Stuart Mill

b)

John Locke

c)

David Hume

d)

George Berkeley

8.

David Hume thought that the science of man could be understood by using ...

a)

Descriptive Science

b)

Laboratory Science

c)

Observational Science

d)

Experimental Science

9.

We think that irregular weather is an impact of environmental damage. Example of ...

a)

The law of contiguity

b)

The law of resemblance

c)

The law of cause-and-effect

d)

The law of similarity

10.

Seeing lightning initiates our fear because the thunder will come soon. Example of ...

a)

The law of contiguity

b)

The law of resemblance

c)

The law of cause-and-effect

d)

The law of similarity

11.

Expecting a contestant for a beauty pageant to be beautiful. Example of ...

a)

The law of contiguity

b)

The law of resemblance

c)

The law of cause-and-effect

d)

The law of similarity

12.

When associations are experienced repeatedly or continuously, then the associations will become stronger. Who said it?

a)

James Mill

b)

John Stuart Mill

c)

David Hartley

d)

Auguste Comte

13.

French Sensationalism and British Empiricism is actually quite similar

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Theological stage is the highest stage that society could achieve according to positivism

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The quote that represent utilitarianism ethics is ...

a)
The pursuit of individual freedom.
b)
Maximizing wealth for the few.
c)
The moral duty to follow rules.
d)
The greatest happiness of the greatest number.