PHI 2010: Knowledge and Skepticism

A good example of something that a modified skeptic would not believe in would be:

Astrology

True or false: a total skeptic is certain that he or she cannot know anything at all

False

True or false: according to David Eagleman, what our eyes show us is an accurate representation of reality.

False

In the divided line, Plato divides understanding into two realms:

The visible and the intelligble

True or False? For Thrasymachus (the character in Plato's Republic), justice is whatever is in the best interests of those who are powerful.

True

True or False? Socrates wrote no philosophy down.

True

Plato believed that knowledge must be derived from a reliable source, which is:

Reason

Locke believes that we have nothing in our minds that did not come from _____.

sensation and reflection

Hume's strict empiricism leads naturally to _____.

skepticism

John Locke's empiricism includes all but which of the following claims?

the Forms are the only source of knowledge we have

A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as _____.

the Socratic Method

The difficulty of justifying the assumption that the future will be like the past is known as _____.

the problem of induction

Which of the following would most accurately describe each of the pre-Socratic philosophers?

each was trying to find a fundamental underlying explanation for the reality we experience

True or False? Hume thinks that causes and effects are discoverable by reason.

false

According to Hume, we rely on the principle of induction because _____.

it is a habit of mind

On Locke's view, how is it possible to have the idea of a unicorn if one has never seen one?

it is possible to combine the simple idea of a horse with the simple idea of a horn

For Socrates, the soul is harmed by a lack of:

knowledge

How do both Hume and Kant end up with a skeptical result?

both believe that causation is in the mind, not in the external world