Phil 1301 Lesson 4 Quiz
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Feb 20, 2024
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Lesson 4 Quiz Results Score for this quiz: 25
out of 25
Submitted Feb 9 at 6:41pm
This attempt took 43 minutes.
6.25 / 6.25 pts
Question 1
Match the following, choose the best answer
Knowledge how to perform a
task
Practical Knowledge
Correct!
Correct!
Knowledge of a person or
place
Personal Knowledge
Correct!
Correct!
Knowledge that something is
the case
Propositional Knowledge
Correct!
Correct!
The belief that some specific
kinds of knowledge are
impossible
Local Skepticism
Correct!
Correct!
The belief that any sort of
knowledge is impossible
Global Skepticism
Correct!
Correct!
6.25 / 6.25 pts
Question 2
Match the following, choose the best answer
The view that it is impossible
for human beings to have
knowledge
Skepticism
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Correct!
Any story that illustrates the
possibility of justified true
belief without knowledge
Gettier Case
_____ is something human
beings naturally crave
Knowledge
Correct!
Correct!
_____ skeptics kept on
inquiring and doubting
everything without reaching
any conclusions at all
Pyrrhonian
Correct!
Correct!
_____ skeptics argue that
sensory impressions don’t
actually enable you to know
anything
Academic
Correct!
Correct!
1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 3
The traditional definition of knowledge is justified true belief
True Correct!
Correct!
False 1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 4
Edmund Gettier came up with a series of thought experiments that were intended
to defend the traditional definition of knowledge
True False Correct!
Correct!
1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 5
The "No False Lemmas" and "No Defeaters" responses are both attempts to
expand the traditional definition of knowledge
True Correct!
Correct!
False 1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 6
Academic skepticism claims that we should suspend judgment on all questions
True False Correct!
Correct!
1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 7
Pyrrhonian skepticism is the view that since all knowledge depends on sense
experience and sense experience is unreliable, knowledge is not possible
True False Correct!
Correct!
1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 8
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The dreaming argument is meant as an argument for global skepticism
True Correct!
Correct!
False 1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 9
The 'brain-in-a-vat' scenario is meant as an argument for local skepticism
True False Correct!
Correct!
1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 10
Descartes argues against global skepticism by appealing to the existence of God
True Correct!
Correct!
False 1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 11
Bertrand Russell argued that while we cannot prove we are not brains in vats, we
should accept the simpler hypothesis that there is an external world
True Correct!
Correct!
False 1.25 / 1.25 pts
Question 12
Hilary Putnam claims that scenarios like the 'brain-in-a-vat' would make our
language meaningless
True Correct!
Correct!
False Quiz Score: 25
out of 25