WorksheetsIntuition and deduction thesis revision
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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1.
What type of reasoning does Descartes present in his thesis?
a)
Inductive
b)
Deductive
c)
Abductive
d)
Intuitive
2.
What does 'intuition' refer to in Descartes' context?
a)
Personal feelings
b)
Sensory perception
c)
Rational intuition
d)
Empirical evidence
3.
How does Descartes argue that knowledge can be gained?
a)
Through sensory experience alone
b)
Through empirical evidence alone
c)
Through rational intuition and deduction
d)
Through memory alone
4.
What does Descartes claim we can know through rational intuition and deduction?
a)
The existence of mental substances, God, and physical objects
b)
Only physical objects
c)
Only God
d)
Only mental substances
5.
Who disputes the concept of rational intuition as presented by Descartes?
a)
Rationalists
b)
Empiricists
c)
Idealists
d)
Pragmatists
6.
What do empiricists claim about knowledge of analytic propositions?
a)
It is a function of rational intuition
b)
It is a form of conceptual knowledge
c)
It is impossible
d)
It is always false
7.
What is the main debate between empiricism and rationalism?
a)
Whether we can have a priori knowledge of synthetic propositions about the world external to our minds
b)
Whether we can have knowledge of analytic propositions
c)
Whether God exists
d)
Whether mental states are real
8.
What does Descartes seek to find in Meditation II?
a)
The existence of God
b)
Justified beliefs
c)
Knowledge that is completely certain and indubitable
d)
The nature of physical objects
9.
What is the 'evil demon' hypothesis used to illustrate?
a)
The reliability of sensory perception
b)
The existence of God
c)
The possibility of being deceived about everything except one's own existence
d)
The nature of dreams
10.
What is Descartes' famous conclusion in Meditation II?
a)
I am a body
b)
I am deceived
c)
I think, therefore I am
d)
I doubt everything
11.
Why can't Descartes know that he exists as a body?
a)
Because he can't see his body
b)
Because his senses could be deceived
c)
Because he doesn't believe in bodies
d)
Because bodies are illusions
12.
How does Descartes describe his own existence?
a)
As a doubting thing
b)
As a sensing thing
c)
As a thinking thing
d)
As a physical object
13.
What does 'clarity and distinctness' mean in Descartes' theory?
a)
Ideas that are fuzzy and vague
b)
Ideas that are clear to the senses
c)
Ideas that are present and sharply separated from all other ideas
d)
Ideas that are based on memory
14.
What does Descartes connect 'clear and distinct ideas' to?
a)
Empirical evidence
b)
Things that are revealed by the natural light
c)
Sensory perception
d)
Memory
15.
What kind of fact does Descartes claim indubitability to be?
a)
A psychological fact
b)
A historical fact
c)
An epistemological fact
d)
A mathematical fact
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