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Rene Descartes Worksheet

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The book mentions that Descartes invented...

a)

Calculus

b)

Trigonometry

c)

Analytic Geometry

d)

Algebra

2.

Descartes adopts a position of doubt by thinking about 1) how senses fail, 2) dreams, and 3) evil demons.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

If an idea is ‘present and apparent to an attentive mind’, it is said to be...

a)

obvious

b)

rational

c)

sensible

d)

clear

4.

What does Descartes conclude is the one certain thing he can build all knowledge off of?

a)

God’s existence

b)

Science and observation

c)

His existence as a thinking thing

5.

Leibniz' claim that 'everything must have a reason, cause, or ground' is known as the...

a)

principle of sufficient reason

b)

Predicate-in-notion principle

c)

law of noncontradiction

d)

law of identity.

6.

Which philosopher argues for the 'impassivity of the mind'?

a)

Nicholas Malebranche

b)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

c)

Baruch Spinoza

d)

Anton Wilhelm Amo

7.

Early modern rationalists tend to deny that we have innate ideas.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Panpsychism is the view that...

a)

no natural objects possess any level of consciousness.

b)

all and only creatures with brains possess any level of consciousness.

c)

all natural objects possess some level of consciousness.

d)

only natural objects can possess some level of consciousness.

9.

Which of the following is a philosopher listed in the worksheet?

a)

Anne Conway

b)

Margaret Lucas Cavendish

c)

Elisabeth of Bohemia

d)

Baruch Spinoza

10.

That 2+2=4 is, on Hume's account, a(n)...

a)

matter of fact

b)

clear and distinct idea

c)

relation of ideas

d)

mere opinion

11.

That the sun will rise tomorrow is, on Hume's account, a...

a)

clear and distinct idea

b)

mere opinion

c)

relation of ideas

d)

matter of fact

12.

Which philosopher is most remembered for raising problems for Hume's philosophy?

a)

Sophie de Grouchy

b)

Mary Shepherd

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Anthony Ashley Cooper

13.

Francis Hutcheson's theory of aesthetic taste stands in opposition to aesthetic rationalism.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which philosopher is often credited as the first sentimentalist?

a)

Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten

b)

David Hume

c)

Anthony Ashley Cooper

d)

Francis Bacon

15.

Cugoano's account of natural rights raises problems for...

a)

Hobbes

b)

Locke

c)

Berkeley

d)

Descartes

16.

Locke gives an account of property where someone owns something if...

a)

God approves of their owning it.

b)

they mix their labor with it.

c)

they take it through combat.

d)

it was granted by the king.

17.

Which of the following philosophers endorses a form of idealism?

a)

du Chatelet

b)

Berkeley

c)

Amo

d)

Hobbes

18.

Hobbes ultimately argues for...

a)

representative democracy.

b)

anarchy.

c)

absolute monarchy.

d)

theocracy.

19.

Du Chatelet argues against the use of hypotheses in science.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Kant said that he was awoken from his ‘dogmatic slumber’ by...

a)

Descartes

b)

Locke

c)

Hobbes

d)

Hume

21.

Claims that can be known without experience are called...

a)

Analytic

b)

Synthetic

c)

A posteriori

d)

A priori

22.

Claims which can be denied without contradiction are called...

a)

Analytic

b)

Synthetic

c)

A priori

23.

Kant thought the self...

a)

Is a thinking thing.

b)

Doesn't exist.

c)

Is just a procession of ideas and impressions.

d)

Is an unknown source of the structure of thought.

24.

Kant endorses a form of idealism.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Kant thinks this thing is the only thing that is good all the time.

a)

Natural gifts

b)

Gifts of fortune

c)

The good will

d)

Happiness

26.

Kant's account of morality involves the search for a...

a)

Categorical imperative

b)

Hypothetical imperative

c)

Prime directive

d)

Final directive

27.

The Idealists: Which philosopher's aesthetic theory posits classical Greek sculpture as the highest form of art?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

c)

Arthur Schopenhauer

d)

Friedrich Nietzsche

28.

Hegel argues that the 'engine of history' is...

a)

great men acting in important ways.

b)

class conflict.

c)

the process of geist coming to reveal itself.

d)

God.

29.

Which philosopher defended the theory of metamorphosis?

a)

Thomas Carlyle

b)

Karoline von Gunderrode

c)

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling

d)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

30.

Which philosopher argues for an 'absolute subject-object' (or absolute I)?

a)

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

b)

Karoline von Gunderrode

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Friedrich Schiller

31.

Harriet Taylor Mill advocated for individual liberty and the harm principle.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

John Stuart Mill distinguishes between which two kinds of pleasure?

a)

sensory and intellectual

b)

higher and lower

c)

pure and impure

d)

benevolent and malevolent

33.

Which philosopher raised worries that maximizing utility could come at the expense of a large underclass?

a)

Harriet Taylor Mill

b)

Jeremy Bentham

c)

Frances Wright

d)

Annie Besant

34.

Which philosopher developed the 'felicific calculus'?

a)

E.E. Constance Jones

b)

Henry Sidgwick

c)

Harriet Taylor Mill

d)

Jeremy Bentham

35.

Which philosopher raised utilitarian arguments for universal education and socialism?

a)

Henry Sidgwick

b)

John Stuart Mill

c)

Harriet Taylor Mill

d)

Frances Wright

36.

Which of the following developed dialectical materialism as a theory of history?

a)

Schopenhauer

b)

Marx

c)

Kierkegaard

d)

Nietzsche

37.

Nietzsche ultimately endorses...

a)

a revaluation of value.

b)

master morality.

c)

abandoning morality altogether.

d)

slave morality.

38.

19th century Continental philosophy is often characterized as having a 'hermeneutics of suspicion'.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Kierkegaard ultimately concludes that the highest 'sphere of life' is the...

a)

aesthetic.

b)

religious.

c)

existential.

d)

ethical.

40.

Which of the following philosophers is generally regarded as a philosophical pessimist.

a)

Marx

b)

Kierkegaard

c)

Schopenhauer

41.

Which of the following was NOT a method of fixing beliefs discussed in the chapter?

a)

Tenacity

b)

Science

c)

Authority

d)

Revelation

42.

Which of the following methods of fixing belief does Pierce endorse?

a)

Revelation

b)

Natural Preferences

c)

Authority

d)

Science

43.

Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a difference for Pierce between belief and doubt?

a)

They feel different

b)

Belief is a habit

c)

Beliefs can be true or false

d)

We are disposed to escape doubt

44.

Dewey was heavily influenced by...

a)

Marx

b)

Freud

c)

Nietzsche

45.

According to Beauvoir, the human condition is one of...

a)

Suffering

b)

Purpose

c)

Ambiguity

d)

Reasoning

46.

Beauvoir is an existentialist.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

For Beauvoir, ethics is grounded in...

a)

Suffering

b)

Reason

c)

Virtue

d)

Freedom

48.

Beauvoir denies being a feminist.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Beauvoir thinks that 'Woman' is and has been defined as...

a)

Adult human female

b)

A feminine person

c)

Human female

d)

Man’s other

50.

One of Wittgenstein’s major works is called the...

a)

Tractatus Logico Philosophicus

b)

Wissenschaft

c)

Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

d)

Principia Mathematica

51.

Wittgenstein’s early work endorses logical atomism.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

The major work of Wittgenstein’s later career is called Philosophical....

a)

Meditations

b)

Explorations

c)

Investigations

d)

Questions

53.

Wittgenstein ultimately argues that the meanings of words is a matter of their...

a)

Definitions

b)

Use

c)

Referents

d)

Truth values

54.

Wittgenstein argues that individuals are united by...

a)

Universal forms

b)

Essential definitions

55.

'Family resemblances' means:

a)

A set of features shared by all members of a group

b)

A set of overlapping similarities among members of a group

c)

A strict definition that applies to every member of a group

d)

A biological relationship between family members

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