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WorksheetsEpistemology - Review Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 22mins
The philosophy that states all knowledge must ultimately come from experience
Rationalism
Imperialism
Reasonablism
Empiricism
The philosophy that states that knowledge comes from reason, or thinking, and that people must have some degree of innate ideas
Deductive reasoning
Rationalism
Empiricism
Inductive reasoning
If you say, "People are fundamentally blank when they're born, and learn as they grow",
which philosophy does this reflect?
Empiricism
Rationalism
Consequentialism
Deontological ethics
If I claim that everyone has the capacity to learn, which philosophy does this reflect?
Rationalism
Empiricism
Kantian ethical analysis
French existentialism
Match the word on top to the word on the bottom!
Tabula rasa
"Blank slate", for empiricism
Innate ideas
In rationalism, ideas you're born with
Reason
The ability to think
Sensory experience
In empiricism, the source of knowledge
"I think, therefore I am"
A rationalist statement
Put the ideas into the proper categories!
Knowledge comes from thought
Human reason is innate (built in)
Math and language are just ideas
Everyone is born "tabula rasa"
Inductive reasoning is crucial to get knowledge
Knowledge only comes from experience
A mathematician does not need to do experiments to gain knowledge. It just requires extensive thought. What philosophy does this reflect?
Rationalism
Empiricism
Allegory of the Cave
Machiavellianism
A biologist goes into the woods to research wolves. She observes them, records their behaviors, and uses this information to draw broad conclusions.
Empiricism
Deductive reasoning
Rationalism
Kantian ethical analysis
A rationalist philosopher would probably agree that people learn to think by having varied experiences
Sort of
Ish
No way
Sure, why not
Which philosophy most closely aligns with deductive reasoning?
Logicalism
Imperialism
Rationalism
Empiricism
If someone claims that there is no possible way a man can truly understand what it feels like to be pregnant, which philosophy does this reflect?
Socialism
Rationalism
Empiricism
Capitalism
Put the types of thinking into the proper categories!
A tight deductive reasoning statement
Using observations to generate "rules"
Mathematical thinking
Historical case studies
Conducting experiments to gather data
Reliance on sensory experience
Using surveys to collect information
Field studies to observe phenomena
Analyzing statistical data from observations
Case studies based on real-world events
According to rationalism, what is the only thing that can produce necessary truth?
Intuition
Your senses
Experience
Thought
"You take Philosophy class" - what kind of truth is this?
Contingent truth
Necessary truth
Truthy truth
My truth
Why is this a necessary truth?
It's not even true at all. Who does math outside math class?
It's always true, and you can't experience it not being true
It is a made up, and might not even reflect reality
It is based on experience, especially experience measuring stuff
