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1
Berkeley's famous dictum is
A)I think, therefore I am.
B)The unexamined life is not worth living.
C)Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
D)To be is to be perceived.
2
According to ___, knowledge depends on factors outside of the knower's mental life.
A)internalism
B)externalism
C)both of these.
D)neither of these.
3
According to empiricists, the only source of knowledge of the external world is
A)reason.
B)sense experience.
C)meditation.
D)intuition.
4
Descartes attempts to justify his epistemic principle by proving the existence of
A)God.
B)an evil genius.
C)dreams.
D)a mad scientist.
5
Which of the following would not be considered a secondary quality by Locke?
A)color
B)taste
C)sound
D)extension
6
Rationalism is the view that
A)all knowledge of the external world is based on sense experience.
B)all knowledge of the external world is based on reason.
C)knowledge of the external world cannot be obtained by reason alone.
D)knowledge of the external world is impossible.
7
Which of the following is the best example of sense-data
A)a thought.
B)a mind.
C)a patch of color.
D)a ball of string.
8
Which ideas resemble their causes?
A)ideas of primary qualities.
B)ideas of secondary qualities.
C)ideas of mathematical qualities.
D)ideas of formal qualities.
9
The Demented Mrs. Grabit thought experiment is intended to show that
A)a version of the defeasibility theory is a slight improvement over the standard account.
B)some versions of the defeasibility theory are adequate.
C)all versions of the defeasibility theory are unfounded.
D)a version of the defeasibility theory is unfounded.
10
Lehrer's Human Thermometer thought experiment is intended to show that
A)in at least some cases, knowing requires simply having correct information.
B)reliably produced belief is knowledge.
C)knowledge is reliably produced true belief.
D)in at least some cases, knowing seems to require more than just having correct information.





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