Introduction To Philosophy Quiz

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1.

According to the brain-in-a-vat scenario, the computer hooked up to the brain in the vat has to receive outputs from the brain.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

Daniel Dennett in Consciousness Explained argues that a computer could not keep up with the computations involved in allowing you to explore the world that it was faking.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Even if the brain-in-a-vat scenario is impossible, you could still be a brain in a vat that thinks it is possible.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
4.

In The Matrix, people's brains are not removed from their bodies.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

If Descartes' evil demon can manipulate my beliefs -- can make me believe things -- then it can make me think I am experiencing external objects when I am not.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

According to idealism, on occasions when you think you are ordinarily seeing a tree, you are experiencing a pattern of colors in your mind, not a tree.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

An idealist still thinks physical objects exist, but believes that we experience them indirectly by way of ideas.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

Color-blindness is sometimes caused by a problem in the brain, not the eyes.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Rachels portrays circumstances in which he thinks it would be reasonable for you to believe that until recently you had been a brain in a vat for many years.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

Descartes denied that an evil demon could make me believe I am thinking that 2 + 3 = 5, when I am not.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
11.

Descartes claimed that a non-existent being could still be perfect if it was God.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

Descartes said that God would not deceive us as to whether we are experiencing physical objects.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
13.

The direct realist claims that when I think I see a tree, that is always an illusion.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
14.

Direct realism says that seeing a tree is "simple". One option for what "simple" means is "transparent", and transparent means:
- A.
  
  I can't see through the tree; it is opaque
- B.
  
  My brain determines how the tree looks to me.
- C.
  
  Only the tree dictates the character of my experience of it
15.

Direct realism says that a tree is "simple". One option for what "simple" means is "involvement", and that means:
- A.
  
  We don't notice a tree unless we get involved in our experience
- B.
  
  My experience could not occur if the tree were not present
- C.
  
  I don't see the tree; I see only a representation of it.
16.

Indirect Realism holds that in perception I am immediately aware of something mental, not something physical.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
17.

Immanuel Kant said that the perceiving mind is not a passive recorder of external reality.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
18.

Psychologist Steven Pinker informs us that the brain makes the assumption that:
- A.
  
  An object that is retinally smaller must be in front of an object that is retinally larger.
- B.
  
  A copper-colored rectangle must be the side of a penny
- C.
  
  If dots on a balloon get increasingly closer, the balloon is getting closer too
- D.
  
  None of the above
19.

80% of the fibers going to the brain's vision center come from the subject's two retinas.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
20.

According to the "commonsense view" of perception:
- A.
  
  It is impossible to have an experience of a cricket-like sound unless a cricket is making the sound you are hearing.
- B.
  
  When you stop observing a rabbit on your lawn, the rabbit remains where it was for up to an hour.
- C.
  
  By way of our sense organs, external things cause us to have beliefs that are fairly accurate.
- D.
  
  If I have a false belief, that is always the result of a faulty sense organ.