Philosophical Assessment Of Knowledge

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Roundabout summary of all material covered in the first three weeks of class. The notes to create this quiz were provided by Jim Stover, Philosophy Professor at Wheeling Jesuit University.

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1.

Philosophy is Greek for:
- A.
  
  Love of Wisdom
- B.
  
  Desire of Knowledge
- C.
  
  First Two
- D.
  
  None of the Above
2.

What is the study of the nature of ultimate reality?
- A.
  
  Epistemology
- B.
  
  Ethics
- C.
  
  Aesthetics
- D.
  
  Metaphysics
- E.
  
  Logic
3.

What is the study of the theory of knowledge?
- A.
  
  Metaphysics
- B.
  
  Epistemology
- C.
  
  Ethics
- D.
  
  Aesthetics
- E.
  
  Logic
4.

What is the study of arguments and proper reasoning?
- A.
  
  Metaphysics
- B.
  
  Epistemology
- C.
  
  Ethics
- D.
  
  Aesthetics
- E.
  
  Logic
5.

What is the study of how we should act?
- A.
  
  Metaphysics
- B.
  
  Epistemology
- C.
  
  Ethics
- D.
  
  Aesthetics
- E.
  
  Logic
6.

What is the study of art and beauty?
- A.
  
  Metaphysics
- B.
  
  Epistemology
- C.
  
  Ethics
- D.
  
  Aesthetics
- E.
  
  Logic
7.

_________ is the belief that the highest knowledge comes from reason.
8.

_________ is the belief that the highest knowledge comes from experience.
9.

Who came up with the story about the prisoners in the cave and made major contributions to rationalism?
- A.
  
  Plato
- B.
  
  Stalin
- C.
  
  Kant
10.

Which is not a criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms?
- A.
  
  Third Man Argument
- B.
  
  How can forms in the world of forms be more real than the forms that exist on Earth?
- C.
  
  Modern science would have its way with his theory.
- D.
  
  How could we ever gain knowledge of the forms apart from particulars?
- E.
  
  How can you relate the form of good to human behavior?
- F.
  
  Plato was a crazy man and everyone called him the local drunk.
11.

Why do we need universals?
- A.
  
  For objects of intellect (particular dog universal dog)
- B.
  
  To provide subject matter for the sciences
- C.
  
  To ground predication (this apple is red)
- D.
  
  All of the Above
12.

The Principle of Parsimony:
- A.
  
  Use the most simple explanation for things
- B.
  
  Not sure if we need to know this
13.

Which is false about Extreme Realism?
- A.
  
  It's the idea Plato held
- B.
  
  The theory that there is a single universal reality outside the mind, which corresponds with each universal idea in the mind. (World of Ideas)
- C.
  
  Idealists believe in extreme realism
- D.
  
  Plato rejected extreme realism
14.

Plato's student Aristotle and St. Thomas believed that:
- A.
  
  The concept of universal ideas exists only in the mind, but is abstracted from sensible real things. (Moderate Realism)
- B.
  
  Nominalism
- C.
  
  Universal ideas exist in the mind, distinct from sense images, but do not correspond to any objective common element existing outside the mind in things
15.

What is Conceptualism?
- A.
  
  Universal ideas exist in the mind, distinct from sense images, but do not correspond to any objective common element existing outside the mind in things
- B.
  
  A belief held by Peter Abelard
- C.
  
  All of the Above
16.

What is the opposite of realism?
- A.
  
  Conceptualism
- B.
  
  Nominalism
- C.
  
  Nothing is opposite of realism
17.

Which is not a major source of knowledge?
- A.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- B.
  
  Appeal to Sense Perception
- C.
  
  Appeal to Reason
- D.
  
  Appeal to Communication
- E.
  
  Appeal to Intuition
18.

Fit the following definition with one of the terms below.-testimony as a source
- A.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- B.
  
  Appeal to Sense Perception
- C.
  
  Appeal to Reason
- D.
  
  Appeal to Intuiton
19.

Fit the following definition with one of the terms below.-the senses as a source
- A.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- B.
  
  Appeal to Sense Perception
- C.
  
  Appeal to Reason
- D.
  
  Appeal to Intuiton
20.

Fit the following definition with one of the terms below.-thinking as a source
- A.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- B.
  
  Appeal to Sense Perception
- C.
  
  Appeal to Reason
- D.
  
  Appeal to Intuiton
21.

Fit the following definition with one of the terms below.-insight as a source
- A.
  
  Appeal to Authority
- B.
  
  Appeal to Sense Perception
- C.
  
  Appeal to Reason
- D.
  
  Appeal to Intuiton
22.

Which is a major perspective on Epistemology?
- A.
  
  Skepticism
- B.
  
  Rationalism
- C.
  
  Empiricism
- D.
  
  The Kantan Critique
- E.
  
  All of the Above
23.

Match the following definition with a term below.-a denial of the possibility of some or all knowledge
- A.
  
  Skepticism
- B.
  
  Rationalism
- C.
  
  Empiricism
- D.
  
  The Kantian Critique
24.

Match the following definition with a term below.-the view that knowledge is derived primarily from reason
- A.
  
  Skepticism
- B.
  
  Rationalism
- C.
  
  Empiricism
- D.
  
  The Kantian Critique
25.

Match the following definition with a term below.-the view that knowledge is derived mostly from sense experience
- A.
  
  Skepticism
- B.
  
  Rationalism
- C.
  
  Empiricism
- D.
  
  The Kantian Critique