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Q: According to Hume, the mind begins with innate ideas implanted by God.

Q: According to Lock, the mind begins as a tabula rasa.

Q: Locke, Hume, and Kant were all Empiricists.

Q: Empiricists base all knowledge on reason.

Q: Empiricists generally accept that reason yields truth in mathematics.

Q: Newton recognized the need for both reason and observation.

Q: Spinoza was an Empiricist.

Q: Rationalists base all knowledge upon experience.

Q: Rationalists seek certainty.

Q: Edmund Burke developed a conservative view of government.

Q: According to ____, there are synthetic a priori truths. A. Spinoza B. Kant C. Hume D. Newton

Q: The negative liberty perspective sees the role of government as protection against interference in individual liberty.

Q: "All bachelors are unmarried" is an example of a ____ statement. A. Analytic B. Synthetic C. A priori D. A posteriori

Q: The classical conservative model of government established basic values such as freedom of speech and religion.

Q: Both Hume and Goodman recognized the Problem of ____. A. Rationalism B. Empiricism C. Deduction D. Induction

Q: According to Rousseau, the main reason for entering the social contract is to protect property rights.

Q: Hume states that "our causal conclusions are based on ____, rather than on deep rational insight." A. Custom B. Habit C. Both A and B D. None of the Above

Q: Jefferson based the Declaration of Independence on Locke's social contract theory.

Q: The Rationalist/Empiricist debate, at least with regard to language, carries on into the 20th century due to the works of ___. A. Chomsky and Skinner B. Chomsky and Sellars C. Skinner and Crabbapple D. Sears and Roebuck

Q: Under Hobbes' version of social contract, man only hands over the right of defense and the right of punishment to the sovereign.

Q: According to ____, humans have innate ideas inscribed in us by God. A. Hume B. Descartes C. Locke D. Newton

Q: According to Locke, if a sovereign fails to do its duty, the people will have the right to overthrown the sovereign.

Q: According to ___, the human mind begins as a tabula rasa. A. Hume B. Descartes C. Locke D. Newton

Q: Under Locke's version of the social contract, man gives over all independent power to the monarch.

Q: According to the ___, truth requires observation, experience, and experimentation. A. Rationalists B. Empiricists C. Pragmatists D. Existentialists

Q: Rousseau described life in the state of nature as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

Q: ____credited his predecessors with the acknowledgement that he stood "on the shoulders of Giants". A. Leibniz B. Galileo C. Copernicus D. Newton

Q: Hobbes and Locke are social contract theorists.

Q: _____maintain that we can know essential truths through the power of pure reason. A. Rationalists B. Empiricists C. Structuralists D. Existentialists

Q: Divine Right theory is still the most popular form of justification.

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.