Midterm Introduction To Philosophical Ideas Widener University

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Midterm Introduction To Philosophical Ideas Widener University - Quiz

Please complete the following test. You must answer all ten questions. Each question has a value of 1. 5 points. The total value of the test is 15 points. Good luck!

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1.

What is epistemology?
- A.
  
  The theory of knowledge
- B.
  
  The theory of values
- C.
  
  A work written by the philosopher Rene Descartes
- D.
  
  All of the above
2.

What is an argument?
- A.
  
  A confrontation between two persons or more
- B.
  
  An opinion
- C.
  
  A systematic arrangement of sentences
- D.
  
  None of the above
3.

What is ontology
- A.
  
  The theory of knowledge
- B.
  
  The theory of reality
- C.
  
  The philosophy of mind
- D.
  
  All of the above
4.

What is the mind/body problem?
- A.
  
  An argument advanced by Plato against the possibility of knowledge
- B.
  
  A theory about the connection between the idea of God and our own existence
- C.
  
  The problem of explaining the relationship between mental states and physical states
- D.
  
  None of the above
5.

The claim "justified true belief" refers to
- A.
  
  A theory about the nature of knowledge
- B.
  
  The nature of religious experience
- C.
  
  Gilbert Ryle's claim concerning Descartes' theories of the relationship between the mind and the body
- D.
  
  None of the above
6.

Rene Descartes argues that reality could be a dream, and that it is very hard to know whether it is a dream or not, if we only rely on our previous experience and senses.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

Thomas Aquinas believes that the best way to establish the belief that God exists is by appealing to our intuitions about logic and conceptual analyses of the concept "God."
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

Philosopher Edmund Gettier maintains that we can have a certain belief, and we can have justification for believing in the truth of that belief, and yet we may not have knowledge.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Anselm of Canterbury believes that once we understand the concept of God properly, we must conclude that God exists
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

Rene Descartes maintains that we know the nature of our own minds in a more intimate way than we know the nature of material bodies
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False