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escartes argues against trusting the senses on the grounds that
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a)
They never directly deceive him
b)
They sometimes deceive him
c)
God allows sensory deception
d)
Sense perception is indubitable
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Souls have traditionally been considered to be
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a) thoughts.
b)
thinking substances.
c)
your memories.
d)
your feelings.
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The first step from the 'bundle' view of the self as a collection of distinct and changing ideas to an account of how we get to an idea of a single, enduring self is:
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e
a)
The recognition that though the ideas are distinct and changing, they are related.
t
b)
The recognition that there must be some substance that underlies the changing ideas.
c)
The recognition that there is something constant, namely change itself.
d)
The recognition that ideas cannot exist without a self to 'have' them.
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Hume gives a quick diagnosis of where we get our confused notion of substance (extended or mental). It is:
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rr
a)
We have a single, constant idea or impression, and we assume that there is an enduring substance that accounts for it.
b)
We have a number of changing ideas and impressions that are related, and we posit substance as the principle that unite
single thing.
c)
We arrive at it through causal reasoning -- it is that which causes our impressions.
d)
Both b and c.
on Hume is concerned that we do not have:
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direct experience of the self
a coherent narrative of our lives
a description of the way the mind connects to the body
a coherent idea of personhood
on Pineal gland
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a)
An argument by analogy.
b)
A gland in the brain where Descartes thought the mental and the physical interact.
c)
A gland in the brain that produces all the energy that human beings use in thinking.
d)
A gland in pine trees where the pitch (pine sap) is produced.
on
Which of the following might deceive us, according to Descartes?
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social conventions
some malignant demon
the Deity who is sovereignly good
the ordinary course of life
on One objection to Descartes' dualism of the mind and the body could be:
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a)
We need to be able to explain how non-physical objects affect physical objects.
b)
We need to be able to explain both how physical objects affect non-physical objects, and vice versa.
c)
Emotions and sensations both begin in the physical body.
t
d)
We need to be able to explain how physical objects affect non-physical objects.
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Descartes reasons that the very fact that he is thinking shows that
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a)
He is dreaming
b)
He is not being deceived
c)
He does not exist
d)
He exists
on Which of the following are true of David Hume?
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Question options:
a)
Whenever he tried to discover his self empirically, he instead stumbled upon some particular perception of heat or cold shade, etc.), but he never observed anything but the perception.
b)
He accepted Locke's memory theory of personal identity.
c)
He agreed with Locke that there could be "body-swaps" whereby different people could wake up in each others' bodies,
Jones wakes up in what used to be Smith's body, and Smith wakes up in what used to be Jones' body.
d)
Both (b) and (c).
on How does Descartes describe the difference between imagination and pure intellection or conception?
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by referring to mathematical figures, like triangles
by referring to inner emotions and feelings
by referring to the properties of physical objects
by referring to how babies learn
on For Descartes, thinking and doubting that you exist is actually:
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Proof that you do not exist.
Proof that your self involves memories.
Proof that the mind and body are distinct.
Proof that you do indeed exist.
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Hume's first argument against the claim that we have an idea of the self is that:
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a)
Actually, Hume agrees that we do have an idea of the self.
b)
Ideas are passive, and the self is active, and hence we can have no idea of the self.
c)
Ideas are derived from impressions, and so if we had an idea of the self, the self would have to be an impression. But cl
an impression. Therefore, we have no idea of it.
d)
Since if there were an idea of the self, it would be an idea of Reflexion, and since Hume claims that we have no ideas o
it follows that he thinks there can be no idea of the self.
on According to Descartes, the soul is a thinking substance while the body is:
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a dream generator that takes up space
a memory location that does not take up space
a sensory receiver that perceives objects
an extended substance that takes up space
on Extension refers to:
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a)
The property of taking up space.
b)
More time to turn in a paper.
c)
The property of being non-physical.
d)
Hard work.
on Ideas and impressions are important to Hume because
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we do not need our senses to have them
the impressions are based in real sensory experience
we do not need a body to have them
the ideas are fictitious
on Descartes argues that since we can connect the perceptions we have of objects with the whole of the other parts of our lives, then we have a coherence between our senses, memory, and understanding. Therefore, we are not:
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a) weak
b)
in error
c) deceived
d)
awake
on Although nature teaches Descartes that there is a unity between the mind and body, he does remark that there is a vast difference between the mind and the body.
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a) True
b) False
on Descartes describes objects that are corporeal as having everything listed below EXCEPT:
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a) Extension
b) Number
c) Quantity
d)
The ability to think
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on Descartes is sure that our observations always lead to true beliefs.
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a) True
b) False
n 1
5 / Descartes reasons that the very fact that he is thinking shows that
Question options:
a)
He does not exist
b)
He is not being deceived
c)
He exists
d)
He is dreaming
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Descartes's uses the method of doubt because...
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a)
As a skeptic, he believes that his radical use of doubt will show that we lack knowledge.
b)
Descartes is just generally skeptical-he has a tendency to disbelieve what he is told, and is unwilling to take things on fai
c)
He hopes that his use of doubt will enable him to discover self-evident, indubitable truths.
d)
Like all philosophers and scientists, Descartes does not believe that we should accept anything as true unless we have ha
from our senses.
on
What does Hume say about the ideas we have of 'identity' and
'different but related objects in succession'?
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a)
Strictly speaking, the two are perfectly distinct.
b)
The first applies only to impressions, the second only to ideas.
t
c)
The imagination mistakenly slides from the first to the second.
Correct
d)
Both a and c.
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Hume's second argument against the claim that we have an idea of the self is that:
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a)
The self is supposed to be constant and enduring, but there is no single constant or enduring idea within the contents of o
consciousness.
b)
Since if there were an idea of the self, it would be an idea of Reflexion, and since Hume claims that we have no ideas of
it follows that he thinks there can be no idea of the self.
c)
We could only have an idea of the self as something that causes our impressions, and since we have no justification for t
of causation, we can have no idea of the self.
d)
Actually, Hume agrees that we do have an idea of the self.
on
As Descartes sits by the fire, he is concerned with the possibility that:
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a)
his senses might be deceiving him
b)
his dressing gown may not be real
c)
the paper he holds may not be real
d)
he might not be in the habit of sleeping
on
Two possible reasons our senses might deceive us are:
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a)
we might be tired or we might be over stressed
b)
we might be dreaming or we might be deceived
c)
we might be overly emotional or insufficiently careful
d)
we might be lacking in faith or lacking in creativity
on
Descartes notes that his mind is extended and thinking, and his body is unextended and thinking.
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a) True
b) False
on Nature has taught Descartes that he is not merely lodged in his body as a ______________ but that he is intimately conjoined
with it and that his mind and body compose a certain unity.
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a)
horse in a stable
b)
pilot in a vessel
c)
chicken in a pot
d)
light in a window
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on
What is the name of the gland where Descartes believes that the mind and the body can interact and translate their impulses?
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pancreas
adrenal
pineal
pituitary
on Pineal gland
Question options:
a)
A gland in the brain thatproduces all the energy that human beings use in thinking.
b)
An argument by analogy.
c)
A gland in the brain where Descartes thought the mental and the physical interact.
d)
A gland in pine trees where the pitch (pine sap) is produced.
on Rationalism refers to:
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A reliance on authority and tradition as the best guide for belief and action
A reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action.
A reliance on other people’s opinions as the best guide for belief and action.
A reliance on sensory experience as the best guide for belief and action.
on Descartes notes that we have the ability to imagine
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a dream so vivid it becomes real
corporeal bodies that have physical extension
ideas that are in other minds
something so novel that it is purely fictitious
on Hume would say that we have the idea that our self is enduring over time because
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we have ideas that remain the same and do not change
we have ideas that are indistinct and unclear
we have ideas that may change but are related to past ideas
we have a body that is changing but is related to our past body
on Hume described the views of 'some philosophers' to the effect that "we are immediately conscious of what we call out SELF." Hume's reaction to this view is:
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a)
positive, since it will turn out to be his view as well.
b)
This view is correct, but nobody has yet explained how we are immediately conscious of our self, and this is what Hum
will do.
c)
This view is contrary to experience.
d)
Both a and b
on According to Locke, someone who loses their memory is:
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Literally a different person than they were before.
Guilty of any crime they may have committed before losing their memory.
Able to be saved and taken into heaven.
Condemned to eternal punishment.
on Cartesian dualism
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a)
The theory that mental and physical things are completely different substances.
b)
The theory that the mental and physical are two aspects of the same thing.
c)
The question of how the mind and the body are related.
d)
The theory that every cart should have exactly two wheels.
on Hume is concerned that we do not have:
Question options:
a description of the way the mind connects to the body
a coherent narrative of our lives
direct experience of the self
a coherent idea of personhood
on Descartes reasons that the very fact that he is thinking shows that
Question options:
a)
He does not exist
b)
He is dreaming
c)
He is not being deceived
d)
He exists
on Which of the following might deceive us, according to Descartes?
Question options:
some malignant demon
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social conventions
the ordinary course of life
the Deity who is sovereignly good
on One objection to Descartes' dualism of the mind and the body could be:
Question options:
a)
Emotions and sensations both begin in the physical body.
incorrec
t
b)
We need to be able to explain how physical objects affect non-physical objects.
correct
c)
We need to be able to explain both how physical objects affect non-physical objects, and vice versa.
d)
We need to be able to explain how non-physical objects affect physical objects.