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Quiz 3 Question 1 (5 points) Which of the following statements would a Humean empiricist most likely affirm? Question 1 options: That all bachelors are unmarried can be known via pure a priori reason. The existence of God can be known by pure a priori reason. Immutable moral principles can be known via pure a priori reason. The existence of an immortal soul can be known by pure a priori reason. Question 2 (5 points) According to Hume’s empiricism: Question 2 options: substantial knowledge of the world can be gained via pure a priori reason. substantial knowledge of the world cannot be gained via pure a priori reason. all knowledge is synthetic a posteriori . all knowledge is synthetic a priori . Question 3 (5 points) According to Hume’s Fork, which of the following is the best example of an analytic a priori proposition? Question 3 options: Some bachelors have beards. All bachelors are unmarried males. There are more than four planets in our solar system. Some street signs are triangular. Question 4 (5 points) According to the Humean problem of induction: Question 4 options:

the principle of the uniformity of nature cannot be justified via either analytic a priori reasoning or via synthetic a posteriori reasoning. only inductive reasoning is reliable; deductive reasoning is epistemically suspect. the principle of the uniformity of nature can be justified via both analytic a priori reasoning and synthetic a posteriori reasoning. none of the above. Question 5 (5 points) Consider Proposition P : “the cue ball caused the solid six to move to the corner pocket.” According to Hume: Question 5 options: all of the above. Proposition P can be known to be true a priori . Proposition P can be verified by means of the senses. Proposition P is neither analytic a priori or synthetic a posteriori . Question 6 (5 points) According to Hume’s epistemological evidentialism: Question 6 options: beliefs about ethics ought to be held firmly in spite of lack of sufficient evidence. religious beliefs ought to be held firmly in spite of lack of evidence. no beliefs should be held without sufficient evidence. all of the above. Question 7 (5 points) According to Hume’s epistemological evidentialism: Question 7 options: religious beliefs ought to be held firmly in spite of lack of evidence. the best guide to belief is common sense. only beliefs about the empirical world require evidence; beliefs about God should be based on faith. none of the above. Question 8 (5 points)

Which of the following best captures the conclusion of Hume’s argument against miracles? Question 8 options: Miracles are logically impossible. It is never rational to believe the testimony of a miracle. The miracles recorded in the Bible are genuine, but no other reports of miracles ought to be believed. There is no God.

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