Intro to Philosophy Final

"Cogito ergo sum," means "I think, therefore I am."

True

"Touching a hot stove hurts" is an example of empirical knowledge.

True

A "posteriori" knowledge is acquired through sense experiment.

True

According to Kant, the traditional proofs for the existence of God are an attempt to go beyond experience and the limits of reason.

True

According to a videoclip you watched, children may be born with a sense of right and wrong.

True

According to some rationalists, principles of mathematics are known as priori.

True

Anarchism is the position that there's no conceivable justification for government.

True

As defined by your text, a right is a justified claim to something.

True

Classical liberalism was a theory that emphasized individual freedom.

True

Congress has the authority to control federal spending - "power of the purse"

True

Descartes believed that it's possible that 2+2=5 because there may be an evil demon that likes to trick and deceive us.

True

Each state has two senators.

True

Immanuel Kant accepted without question the principles of Euclidean geometry and Newtonian Physics.

True

John Locke was an advocate of the social contract theory.

True

Kant believed that the mind constructs the objects of knowledge.

True

Kant believed we could have been objective, universal, and necessary knowledge about the world of experience because everyone's mind structures experience in the same universal and necessary way.

True

Kant says that space and time are ways that the mind structures experience.

True

Kant says that the notions of self, cosmos, and God can't be known but are useful in regulating our thought

True

Kant tried to form a compromise between rationalism and empiricism.

True

Knowledge justified independently of, or prior to, experience is known as a priori knowledge

True

Knowledge, based on, or posterior to, experience is known as a posteriori knowledge.

True

MLK Jr. points out that examples of civil disobedience can be found in the Bible and throughout history.

True

Methodological skepticism is Descartes' strategy for finding certainty

True

Once principle MLK Jr. advocated was that one who breaks an unjust law must be willing to pay the penalty.

True

One reason Socrates argued against civil disobedience was that one should never do evil in return for evil.

True

Rationalists believe that reason alone can provide us with true knowledge of the world.

True

Skepticism is the claim that we cannot have the knowledge.

True

The American Declaration of Independence represented a rejection of John Locke's political throy.

True

The statement, "There's nothing in the intellect that was not first in the senses." expresses a central believe of empiricism.

True

The text referred to Kant's position as "constructivism" because he claimed that the mind forms its objects out of the raw data of experience.

True

When Hobbes and Locke speak of the "State of Nature," they are referring to human life without government.

True

The President has the authority to make laws.

False

The President has the power to raise or lower taxes.

False

The citizens of the U.S. directly elect the President.

False

The empiricists claim that certainty is necessary for knowledge.

False

The first thing Descartes finds that he can't doubt is that there is an Evil Demon deceiving him.

False

The issue of justification of the government's authority has the power to enforce its rules.

False

The social contract theory is opposed to the forming of governments.

False

"Kant's Revolution" refers to his proposal to overthrow the king.

False

A priori knowledge could also be called "empirical knowledge".

False

A universal belief falsifier is something the rationalist might use to show that we cannot doubt all of our beliefs.

False

According to the text, "civil disobedience" refers to any violation of the law.

False

Descartes believed that we can be 100% certain about knowledge based on sense experiences

False

Descartes doesn't believe that humans can know whether or not God exists

False

Descartes really believed that there was an Evil Demon trying to deceive him.

False

Empiricism claims that reason, or the intellect, is the primary source of knowledge about the world.

False

Empiricists believe that reason alone can provide us with true knowledge of the world.

False

Gandhi leaned about the principles of non-violence from MLK Jr.

False

In the "Crito," Socrates' friends said that he should break the law by refusing to pay unjust taxes

False

In the oath of office, the President swears to protect and defend his political party.

False

John Locke argued that the government must have absolute power in order to avoid chaos.

False

John Locke said that life without a government would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?.

False

Kant believed that the truth of "all events will have a cause" was based on experience.

False

Kant says that the notions of self, cosmos, and God are irrational and should be discarded.

False

Kant's categories of the under-standing are habits of thought acquired through experience.

False

Locke (empiricists) argued that innate ideas exist since everyone has the same innate ideas

False

Locke believed that at birth, our minds are like a tabla rasa, an empty table

False

Mohandas Gandhi argued that violence was necessary to overcome an unjust government.

False

Mohandas Gandhi used civil disobedience to be able to practice his religion.

False

One of the reasons that Socrates argued for civil disobedience was that he was a victim of unjust law, not unjust men.

False

One principle MLK Jr. advocated was that violent resistance to an unjust law is morally justified.

False

Rationalism claims that sense experience is the sole source of knowledge about the world.

False

Robert Paul Wolff argues that governmental authority and individual autonomy are compatible.

False

The American Declaration of Independence represented a rejection of John Locke's political theory.

False

The Constitution is based on the political theory known as the Divine Right of Kings

False

The Founding Fathers separated federal powers so the President would gave the most power.

False

The President can legally receive money or anything else of value during term.

False