PHIL 201 Quiz 5 Reality, Freedom and Personhood
Due Jun 19 at 11:59pm Points 75 Questions 25
Time Limit 45 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers the Learn material from Module 5: Week 5.
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 5: Week 5.
Attempt History Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 39 minutes 66 out of 75
Correct answers are hidden. 0 / 3 pts
Score for this quiz: 66 out of 75
Submitted Jun 17 at 7:22pm
This attempt took 39 minutes.
Incorrect Question 1
The battle over the nature of reality is a recent battle only.
True
False
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Question 2 3 / 3 pts
The Indispensibility Argument is an argument in favor of which of the
following views?
Nominalism
Theism
Idealism
Platonism
Question 3 3 / 3 pts
It is impossible to be a Christian and believe in Idealism.
True
False
Question 4 3 / 3 pts
Which of the following is not true of materialism:
It is a version of monism
Only physical things exist
God is the first cause of the material cosmos
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7/7/23, 7:34 PM Quiz: Reality, Freedom and Personhood: PHIL201: Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas (B05)
There are no spiritual realities
Question 5 3 / 3 pts
The nominalist about abstract objects believes that abstract objects
exist.
True
False
Question 6 3 / 3 pts
One worry associated with Christian versions of idealism is that it is
panentheistic.
True
False
Question 7 3 / 3 pts
According to Platonism, in the sentence “Socrates is wise” the phrase
“is wise” refer to:
A bare particular
A concrete object
A virtuous person
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An abstract object
Question 8 3 / 3 pts
According to Berkeleyan Idealism:
Finite spirits exist
Divine ideas exist
An Infinite spirit (God) exists
Matter exists
A and C only
A, B, and C only
Question 9 3 / 3 pts
Which of the following are versions of dualism:
Idealism
Platonism
Materialism
None of the above
Question 10 3 / 3 pts
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The soft determinist thinks there is freedom yet we are determined.
True
False
Question 11 3 / 3 pts
A datum of human experience is that we seem to be free.
True
False
Question 12 3 / 3 pts
Two plausible conditions for genuine freedom are:
Alternative possibilities
Hard determinism
Ultimate responsibility
A and C
A and B
Incorrect Question 13 0 / 3 pts
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7/7/23, 7:34 PM Quiz: Reality, Freedom and Personhood: PHIL201: Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas (B05)
According to the doctrine of divine middle knowledge:
God has knowledge of what a libertarianly free creature would do in
any situation.
God has knowledge of what a libertarianly free creature will do in
any situation.
God has knowledge of what a compatibilistic free creature would
do in any situation.
God has knowledge of what a libertarianly free creature could do in
any situation.
Question 14 3 / 3 pts
According to determinism:
The future is open
The future is fixed
The future is like a branch extending into many possible options
None of the above
Question 15 3 / 3 pts
If compatibilism is true, the condition UR (ultimate responsibility)
must be denied.
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True
False
Question 16 3 / 3 pts
Which of the following views thinks incompatibilism and determinism
are true, and denies the reality of genuine freedom?
Libertarianism
Soft determinism
Hard determinism
Hard incompatibilism
Question 17 3 / 3 pts
Which of the following is not a necessary condition for libertarian
freedom, as discussed in the chapter?
Ultimate responsibility
Compatibilism
Agent Causation
Alternative possibilities
None of the above
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Question 18 3 / 3 pts
Referencing the discussion on Aristotelian substance from chapter 4,
the authors note that all of the above are true of substances EXCEPT:
Substances are often thought of as the bearers of properties
Substances can be conceived as that which allows for individuation
Substances are those things which are necessarily physical
Substances are the kinds of things that can exist on their own
Substances are thought of as a thing that is capable of surviving
changes
Question 19 3 / 3 pts
Plato and Descartes are two famous defenders of what view in the philosophy
of mind?
Non-reductive physicalism
Reductive physicalism
Property Dualism
Substance Dualism
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Incorrect Question 20 0 / 3 pts
Which is NOT listed as a strength of the substance dualist view,
according to the authors?
The persistence of persons across time
The conscious experience of quality (the sensation of tasting sugar,
etc.)
The findings of neuroscience and the study of the brain on behavior
and action
None of the above
Question 21 3 / 3 pts
This view is most common among Christian materialists.
Eliminativism
Hylomorphism
Identity theory
Non-reductive physicalism
Question 22 3 / 3 pts
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7/7/23, 7:34 PM Quiz: Reality, Freedom and Personhood: PHIL201: Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas (B05)
Which important features of Nancy Murphy’s view/description do the
authors note as worthy of comment?
Her view affirms conscious experience
Mental properties are emergent from complex neurological systems
within the brain
Mental properties exercise downward causation on lower systems and
the rest of the body
All of the above
Question 23 3 / 3 pts
Which view is non-committal about the `number of substances’
question?
Non-reductive physicalism
Hylomorphism
Functionalism
Eliminativism
Question 24 3 / 3 pts
This view suggests that the best way to handle mental properties and
mental states is simply to deny them altogether.
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7/7/23, 7:34 PM Quiz: Reality, Freedom and Personhood: PHIL201: Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas (B05)
Substance monism
Reductionism/Identity Theory
Eliminativism
Leibnizian Monadism
Question 25 3 / 3 pts
According to L. R. Baker, what are the two distinct qualities of humans which
nonperson animals do not possess?
Intentional states and emotional capability
Sensational experience and third-person perspective
First-person perspective and intentional states
Sensational experience and emotional capability
Quiz Score: 66 out of 75
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