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PHIL 201 Knowledge and Sources Quiz 3

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    PHIL 201 Knowledge and Sources Quiz 3

    PHIL 201 Quiz Knowledge and Its Sources

    Due Jun 5 at 11:59pm Points 75 Questions 25
    Time Limit 45 Minutes

    Instructions

    The quiz:

    Covers the Learn material from Module 3: Week 3.
    Contains 25 multiple-choice and true/false questions.
    Is limited to 45 minutes.
    Allows 1 attempt.
    Is worth 75 points.

    You may refer to your notes and textbooks at any time during the assessment.

    Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module 3: Week 3.

    Attempt History Attempt Time Score

    LATEST Attempt 1 35 minutes 75 out of 75

    Correct answers are hidden. 3 / 3 pts

    Score for this quiz: 75 out of 75 1/10

    Submitted Jun 3 at 2:59pm
    This attempt took 35 minutes.

    Question 1

    Hume’s fork consisted of:

    relations of ideas and simple ideas
    simple ideas and complex ideas

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    complex ideas and matters of fact
    matters of fact and relations of ideas

    Question 2 3 / 3 pts

    For Plato, the realm where things are constantly in a flux and changing
    is:

    the world of becoming
    the world of being
    the world of the forms
    the world of the intellect

    Question 3 3 / 3 pts

    The Aristotelian approach that Bacon critiqued was deduction.

    True
    False

    Question 4 3 / 3 pts

    For Locke, which of the ideas below would be a complex idea:

    rectangle

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    white
    table
    heavy

    Question 5 3 / 3 pts

    For Hume, which of the following would be a matter of fact:

    Squares have four corners
    5×25=125
    Bachelors are unmarried males.
    Philosophers are intelligent.

    Question 6 3 / 3 pts

    Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that epistemologists
    are generally hesitant to accept testimony as a source of knowledge:

    the egocentric predicament
    testimony is not first-hand knowledge
    people can lie and exaggerate the truth
    people can be forgetful or misinformed

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    Question 7 3 / 3 pts

    In the end Kant concluded

    We can’t know anything at all.
    We can only know that we exist for certain.

    We can know the world of our experiences but not the world apart
    from our experiences.

    We can know everything but we probably will never gain such
    knowledge.

    Question 8 3 / 3 pts

    One problem with the coherence theory of truth is that it is not linked
    with the real world but only systems of beliefs.

    True
    False

    Question 9 3 / 3 pts

    The statement, “I know how to play the xylophone” is an example of
    propositional knowledge.

    True

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    False

    Question 10 3 / 3 pts

    Nancy believes that her brother, Peter, is currently in Paris. It is true
    that Peter is in Paris. According to the traditional definition of
    knowledge, can we say that Nancy knows her brother is in Paris:

    Yes
    No

    Question 11 3 / 3 pts

    An argument used by Descartes to prove Gods existence:

    Cosmological argument
    Teleological argument
    Ontological argument
    Moral argument

    Question 12 3 / 3 pts

    “To affirm that something as true in a propositional form” is the
    definition of

    Knowledge

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    Justification
    Belief
    Truth

    Question 13 3 / 3 pts

    A sufficient condition is:

    A condition must be met in order for a certain result to follow.

    A condition that gives high probability to a particular result to follow.

    A condition that if met will guarantee that something will be the case.
    A condition that is not necessary to be met.

    Question 14 3 / 3 pts

    JTB is the traditional definition of knowledge, but was never actually
    articulated in the ancient world.

    True
    False

    Question 15 3 / 3 pts

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    Gettier Problems show that:

    JTB fails to properly account for a kind of belief.
    JTB fails to demonstrate the truth of a claim.
    JTB does not require biblical support for truth claims.
    JTB may be based on weak justification or invalid inferences.

    Question 16 3 / 3 pts

    A ______________ is something we hold to be true.

    Thought.
    Thesis.
    Belief.
    Claim.

    Question 17 3 / 3 pts

    Epistemology is concerned with all the following types of questions
    except:

    Can we have certainty?
    How do we know various things?
    What is the nature of the universe?

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    How reliable are our perceptions?

    Question 18 3 / 3 pts

    Knowledge has traditionally been defined as Justified, true, opinion.

    True
    False

    Question 19 3 / 3 pts

    The primary problem with Thales’ view of the earth is that he lacked
    justification for his belief.

    True.
    False.

    Question 20 3 / 3 pts

    The correspondence theory of truth is thought by some philosophers
    to be a pre-theoretic intuition that we philosophize with, not to.

    True.
    False.

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    Question 21 3 / 3 pts

    Pragmatist theories of truth focus mostly how well a set of beliefs “work” for
    a particular person.

    True.
    False.

    Question 22 3 / 3 pts

    Which of the following has been the dominant theory of truth for most
    of history?

    Reliabilist Theory.
    Correspondence Theory.
    Coherentist Theory.
    Pragmatist Theory.

    Question 23 3 / 3 pts

    Which of the following is not one of the reasons Dew and Foreman
    give to show that truth really does exist.

    The denial of truth is self-contradictory.

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    The denial of truth is challenged by the nature of reality itself.
    We have strong intuitions about truth.
    The modern advancements in political thought.

    Question 24 3 / 3 pts

    Pragmatism is epistemologically valuable for us since it helps us test
    truth claims.

    True.
    False.

    Question 25 3 / 3 pts

    According to Dew and Foreman, the coherentist perspective of truth
    has enjoyed the greatest and longest amount of support throughout
    history.

    True
    False.

    Quiz Score: 75 out of 75

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