Q&A Hero

Q: Moore claimed certainty is a matter of common sense.

Q: Hobbes attempted to ground political obligation in the rules of fair play.

Q: Wittgenstein claimed knowledge was grounded in language.

Q: Plato's ideal state was to be a Democracy.

Q: A posteriori knowledge is derived without reference to experience.

Q: Anarchists deny the legitimacy of all governmental powers.

Q: A priori knowledge is derived from experience.

Q: To claim that the ruler was appointed by God is to justify government by Divine Right.

Q: Cogito Ergo Sum means "I think, therefore I am".

Q: Questions of what form of government is best and what justifies government is the domain of ethical philosophy.

Q: The Evil Genius was imagined by Plato.

Q: The ____liberty perspective sees the role of government as protection against interference in individual liberty. A. Negative B. Positive C. Conservative D. Liberal

Q: Descartes sought certainty.

Q: Which is not a value of classical liberal government? A. Freedom of speech B. Freedom of religion C. Tolerance D. Taxation

Q: Montaigne and Hume found skepticism a useful tool.

Q: Jefferson based the Declaration of Independence on _____'s version of the social contract. A. Hobbes B. Locke C. Rousseau D. Rawls

Q: Change has always been readily accepted in science.

Q: The only thing man hands over to the sovereign in Locke's version is/are ____. A. Right of Defense B. Right of Punishment C. Both A and B D. Neither A nor B

Q: Ptolemy claimed the Sun was the center of the Universe.

Q: _____described life in the state of nature as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short". A. Hobbes B. Locke C. Rousseau D. Plato

Q: Copernicus claimed the Earth was the center of the Universe.

Q: Which thinker is not an advocate of social contract theory? A. Hobbes B. Locke C. Rousseau D. Plato

Q: Luther challenged the authority of the Catholic Church.

Q: _____attempted to ground political obligations in the rules of fair play. A. Horton B. Hart C. Hobbes D. Habermas

Q: Epistemology is the study of knowledge.

Q: Plato's Republic advocated a ____form of government. A. Aristocratic B. Oligarchical C. Democratic D. Anarchical

Q: Skeptics claimed that one should never doubt.

Q: Individuals who deny the legitimacy of all governmental powers are called ____. A. Libertarians B. Doctrinists C. Contractarians D. Anarchists

Q: Heraclitus claimed the world is in constant flux.

Q: Which thinker would not agree with the statement "government is best which governs least"? A. Jefferson B. Paine C. Hobbes D. Thoreau

Q: According to ____, knowledge is grounded in language. A. Descartes B. Wittgenstein C. Plato D. Moore

Q: To claim the ruler was appointed by God is to justify the government by ____. A. Divine Right B. Social Contract C. Oligarchy D. Aristocracy

Q: According to ____, certainty is a matter of common sense. A. Descartes B. Wittgenstein C. Plato D. Moore

Q: Questions of what form of government is best and what justifies government is the domain of _____philosophy. A. Ethical B. Political C. Existential D. Ancient

Q: Knowledge gained through experience is called ____. A. A priori B. Rationalist C. A posteriori D. Truth

Q: The Argument from Queerness is derived from Ockham's Razor.

Q: _____relayed the Allegory of the Cave. A. Hume B. Plato C. Wittgenstein D. Descartes

Q: The Argument from Diversity has never been challenged.

Q: _____declared "Cogito Ergo Sum" to be the indubitable axiom. A. Hume B. Plato C. Wittgenstein D. Descartes

Q: Emotivism is an Argument from Diversity.

Q: The ___ Revolution challenged the Helio-centric view of the universe. A. Industrial B. Copernican C. Newtonian D. Pyrrhonian

Q: Kant was an ethical nonobjectivist.

Q: Academic and Pyrrhonian are two types of ____. A. Skepticism B. Knowledge C. Episteme D. Fireworks

Q: Ethical nonobjectivism is the view that there is no objective factual basis for ethical statements.

Q: "The study of knowledge and condition for knowledge" is ___. A. Metaphysics B. Logic C. Epistemology D. Aesthetics

Q: Eudaimonia implies misery.

Q: Stephen Jay Gould argued in favour of creationism.

Q: According to Aristotle, the good life is the happy life.

Q: Aquinas had five arguments for the existence of God.

Q: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics lays out the basis for a Virtue Ethics.

Q: Aristotle's conception of God matches the account of God in Genesis.

Q: Virtue Ethics focuses on development of character.

Q: In Genesis, God is perceived as an unmoved mover.

Q: Intuitionism focuses on the question of what type of life is worthwhile.

Q: Richard Dawkins claims that religion and science must be permitted to inhabit their separate spheres.

Q: The underlying question of all ethical theories is: What ought I to do?

Q: Darwinian science does not prove the existence of God.

Q: According to Ross, ethical knowledge is derived from reason.

Q: Ockham's Razor declares "entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity."

Q: W.D. Ross is the originator of Intuitionism.

Q: Leibniz claimed that a world without suffering would be the best possible world.

Q: Intuitionism says there are ethical truths which are self-evident.

Q: The Problem of Evil has been used to disprove the existence of God.

Q: According to ____, moral facts are strange entities with queer properties. A. Aristotle B. Ross C. Rawls D. Mackie

Q: Pascal's Wager is an attempt to prove God does not exist.

Q: The Argument from Queerness was presented by _____. A. Ross B. Mackie C. Smith D. Aristotle

Q: The Intuitive argument attempts to prove God's existence on "reasons in the heart."

Q: _____is the view that what appears to be ethical statements are really just imperatives. A. Intuitionism B. Nonobjectivism C. Emotivism D. Deontology

Q: Anselm presented the Cosmological argument.

Q: Which philosopher was an Ethical Nonobjectivist? A. Kant B. Mill C. Hume D. Ross

Q: The Ontological argument defines God as "that which nothing greater can be conceived."

Q: The view that there is no objective factual basis for ethical statements is _____. A. Ethical nonobjectivism B. Ethical Duty C. Ethical Intuitionism D. Virtue Ethics

Q: According to Dawkins, God is the "unmoved mover."

Q: Eudaimonia implies ______. A. Misery B. Happiness C. Anger D. Flourishing

Q: The term "god" has only one definition.

Q: Aristotle defines the good life as the _____life. A. Political B. Rational C. Quality D. Happy

Q: _____rejects all religion in favour of science. A. Gould B. Leibniz C. Dawkins D. Darwin

Q: _____focuses on the question of what type of life is worthwhile. A. Virtue Ethics B. Intuitionism C. Realism D. Existentialism

Q: Four of Aquinas' "Five Ways" are derived from the theories of _____. A. Plato B. Aristotle C. Aquinas D. Ockham

Q: According to Ross, our ethical knowledge is derived from _____. A. Ethical Intuitionism B. Reason C. Sentiment D. Agreement