PHL 156 Quiz 3

1. Perception, inference, testimony, and comparison are___.

The four piranhas

The four parramas

The four pramanas

The four skandhas

Super sweet

2. Individuators are broken down as parts of substances that explain why those substances are not numerically identical.

True

False

3. Check all and only those items that are Nyaya categories

Skandha

Vaisesika

Inherence

Universal

Volition

Oneness

Absence

Submit

4. Nayiyikas believed that causation has to happen at the level of universals because they could think of no other way in which we might draw general conclusions about causal relationships that structure the universe such as "heating water to 100 degrees at sea level causes it to boil".

True

False

5. This is Geronimo. Consider the picture carefully and check the sentence below that best captures an application of the Nyaya categories to our furry friend.

'Geronimo' is just a convenient designator for a far more complicated state of affairs.

The universal, "Brownnness", inheres in Geronimo.

Geronimo's physical form exhibits the rupa skandha.

A and B

None of the above

6. Everyday, Gabriel wakes up and goes running. He also watches what he eats, abstains from alcohol, and gets 8 hours of sleep every night. That said, he doesn't obsess about his health. He just has good habits. Which of the following is something a Buddhist might say about the care he gives to his physical body?

Gabriel's efforts are in vain, because he is surely going to die.

Inasmuch as he denies himself feelings of physical pleasure, Gabriel is missing out on the good things in life.

Gabriel's efforts make sure that he will have good health as time goes on.

All of the above

7. Xavier's front yard contains a large oak tree. As the seasons pass he watches it grow; he watches the acorns form and fall; he watches the leaves sprout from buds on the branches in Springtime and he watches them turn yellow in Fall as winter approaches. As he watches this process unfold over the year, he wonders if there is one tree in his yard or many. Which of the following might be a Buddhist response to his wonder?

There is only one tree in Xavier's yard, because Buddha's principle holds that everything has a permanently existing self.

All of the above

None of the above

8. Garfield is lounging on the couch when suddenly a wonderful scent of ground beef, tomato sauce, garlic and onions cooking together drifts into the room. Though he is too lazy to get up and look, he nevertheless draws the conclusion that a nice lasagna will soon be baking in the oven. It turns out he's right. Which of the pramanas is primarily the source of his knowledge?

Perception

Inference

Comparison

Testimony

9. Check all and only those items which represent the Buddhist view of the name "Katy Perry".

"Katy Perry" is the name of an artist.

"Katy Perry" is the name of a fleeting, manufactured pop act with little artistic merit.

"Katy Perry" is the name of a person, a self with a history extending through time.

"Katy Perry" is a convenient designator.

"Katy Perry" is one of the original members of the Temptations.

10. This is "Black Square", by Kasimir Malevich (1935). According to Nyaya, the "Blackness" of Black Square___.

Is an eternal substance

Is a non-eternal substance

Has no ultimate self-existence

Is wicked awesome

All of the above

11. Early one morning Lawrence hears a single sharp crack echoing off the buildings outside his window. He reflects that it sounds a lot like gunfire and draws the conclusion that a crime is being committed in the street below. Which of the following would be a negative example to Lawrence's reasoning, according to Nyaya logic?

Lawrence knows the sound of a small caliber pistol well, and that is what this sounds like.

Just because a gun has been fired doesn't mean that a crime is being committed.

The sound he hears is very much like the sound of a car backfiring.

Lawrence is paranoid.

None of the above.

12. The Nyaya theory of the pramanas includes 'testimony' because they needed to have a way to include the words of the Buddha as reported by his followers as a source of evidence.

True

False

13. Right now you are facing a computer. At the level of ultimate reality, speaking in Buddhist terms, what is the nature of the computer?

The "computer" I face is only one moment in a causal net or process ultimately implicating the entire universe.

The computer I face is a thing made of plastic and wires and suchlike.

The computer I face is a thing with its own numerical identity to itself.

The computer I face, at the level of ultimate reality, is just a bunch of atoms.

All of the above

Phl 156 Quiz 3

1. Perception, inference, testimony, and comparison are___.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Individuators are broken down as parts of substances that explain why those substances are not numerically identical.

3. Check all and only those items that are Nyaya categories

4. Nayiyikas believed that causation has to happen at the level of universals because they could think of no other way in which we might draw general conclusions about causal relationships that structure the universe such as "heating water to 100 degrees at sea level causes it to boil".

5. This is Geronimo. Consider the picture carefully and check the sentence below that best captures an application of the Nyaya categories to our furry friend.

9. Check all and only those items which represent the Buddhist view of the name "Katy Perry".

10. This is "Black Square", by Kasimir Malevich (1935). According to Nyaya, the "Blackness" of Black Square___.

12. The Nyaya theory of the pramanas includes 'testimony' because they needed to have a way to include the words of the Buddha as reported by his followers as a source of evidence.

13. Right now you are facing a computer. At the level of ultimate reality, speaking in Buddhist terms, what is the nature of the computer?