Midterm Introduction To Philosophy

1. What is the mind/body problem?

An argument advanced by Plato against the possibility of knowledge

A theory about the connection between the idea of God and our own existence

The problem of explaining the relationship between mental states and physical states

None of the above

2. What is epistemology?

The theory of knowledge

The theory of values

A work written by the philosopher Rene Descartes

All of the above

3. Anselm of Canterbury believes that once we understand the concept of God properly, we must conclude that God exists

True

False

4. 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.

True

False

5. The claim "justified true belief" refers to

A theory about the nature of knowledge

The nature of religious experience

Gilbert Ryle's claim concerning Descartes' theories of the relationship between the mind and the body

None of the above

6. 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.

True

False

7. What is ontology

The theory of knowledge

The theory of reality

The philosophy of mind

All of the above

8. 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

True

False

9. What is an argument?

A confrontation between two persons or more

An opinion

A systematic arrangement of sentences

None of the above

10. 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."

True

False