PHIL 202 – QUIZZES QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Which practice of the catholic church lead to Luther's 95 thesis? - Answers - the selling
of indulgences
Which is a slogan of Luther's? - Answers - sola scriptura, sola fide, sola gratura
Who convened the council of Trent? - Answers - the catholic church
Why did Galileo write to the grand duchess? - Answers - to explain theology with
science
Humanism (16th century)? - Answers - the belief in educational value of the greek and
latin classics
In the Meditations, Descartes aims to - Answers - provide a firm foundation for
knowledge
The result of Descartes' methodical doubt is that - Answers - he finds something that
can indicate a criterion for knowledge
What Descartes calls the "light of nature" - Answers - certifies something as true
because it is lighted up as so clear and distinct it cannot be doubted
Why after proving gods existence does human error become a problem for Descartes? -
Answers - we know God is perfect and he wouldn't deceive
The existence of material things according to Descartes is - Answers - extendedness
Evil demon conjecture - Answers - The conjecture used by Descartes that states: doubt
even though something is clear and distinctly true
The wax argument (Descartes) - Answers - nature of substance is not revealed by the
imagination but by the mind alone
Ontological Argument - Answers - proof of gods existence based on the definition
Deus sive natura - Answers - God or nature
What are the objectives of Descartes writing the Meditations that he explicitly mentions?
- Answers - To demonstrate the existence of God and prove the distinction between the
mind and the body.
, To prove the existence of God and to demonstrate the possibility of scientific
knowledge.
To prove the distinction between the mind and the body and demonstrate the possibility
of scientific knowledge
Spinoza rejects Hobbes' doctrine of material monism because he does not believe that
the nature of thought can be completely understood in terms of matter in motion. For
Spinoza thought and matter are two distinct forms of appearances. What does Spinoza
mean by this? - Answers - Matter and thought are both manifestations of the same
thing.
In proposition 14 of his treatise Ethics, Spinoza proves that besides God no substance
can be granted or conceived. This conclusion led Spinoza to embrace which doctrine? -
Answers - substance Monism
Spinoza birthplace - Answers - Holland
In which way does Spinoza explain the correlation between the mind and the body? -
Answers - Events in the mind and events in the body have ultimately the same source.
Both Descartes and Spinoza recognize a difference between the mind and body, but
they draw the distinction between the two differently. What is the difference between the
accounts of the difference between body and mind according to Descartes and
Spinoza? - Answers - For Descartes the difference between the mind and the body is a
fundamental metaphysical difference, whereas for Spinoza the difference is only one of
appearance of a common metaphysical reality.
In the Appendix to Book I of the Ethics, Spinoza argues against the existence of which
kind of causality - Answers - Final causality
According to Spinoza it is possible to look at Nature from two viewpoints, which he calls
natura naturata (nature naturing) and natura naturans (nature being natured)? What is
the difference between natura naturata and natura naturans in Spinoza's Ethics? -
Answers - "Natura naturata" refers to nature as a active principle, whereas "natura
naturans" refers to nature as a passive principle.
Why is Spinoza considered to be a rationalist philosopher? - Answers - Because he
believes, like Descartes, that all knowledge is based on the use of reason.
The appendix of Book I of Spinoza's Ethics begins as follows:In the foregoing I have
explained the nature and properties of God. I have shown that he necessarily exists,
that he is one: that he is, and acts solely by the necessity of his own nature; that he is
the free cause of all things, and how he is so; that all things are in God, and so depend
on him, that without him they could neither exist nor be conceived; lastly, that all things
are pre-determined by God, not through his free will or absolute fiat, but from the very
nature of God or infinite power.How is it possible that God "acts solely by the necessity
ANSWERS
Which practice of the catholic church lead to Luther's 95 thesis? - Answers - the selling
of indulgences
Which is a slogan of Luther's? - Answers - sola scriptura, sola fide, sola gratura
Who convened the council of Trent? - Answers - the catholic church
Why did Galileo write to the grand duchess? - Answers - to explain theology with
science
Humanism (16th century)? - Answers - the belief in educational value of the greek and
latin classics
In the Meditations, Descartes aims to - Answers - provide a firm foundation for
knowledge
The result of Descartes' methodical doubt is that - Answers - he finds something that
can indicate a criterion for knowledge
What Descartes calls the "light of nature" - Answers - certifies something as true
because it is lighted up as so clear and distinct it cannot be doubted
Why after proving gods existence does human error become a problem for Descartes? -
Answers - we know God is perfect and he wouldn't deceive
The existence of material things according to Descartes is - Answers - extendedness
Evil demon conjecture - Answers - The conjecture used by Descartes that states: doubt
even though something is clear and distinctly true
The wax argument (Descartes) - Answers - nature of substance is not revealed by the
imagination but by the mind alone
Ontological Argument - Answers - proof of gods existence based on the definition
Deus sive natura - Answers - God or nature
What are the objectives of Descartes writing the Meditations that he explicitly mentions?
- Answers - To demonstrate the existence of God and prove the distinction between the
mind and the body.
, To prove the existence of God and to demonstrate the possibility of scientific
knowledge.
To prove the distinction between the mind and the body and demonstrate the possibility
of scientific knowledge
Spinoza rejects Hobbes' doctrine of material monism because he does not believe that
the nature of thought can be completely understood in terms of matter in motion. For
Spinoza thought and matter are two distinct forms of appearances. What does Spinoza
mean by this? - Answers - Matter and thought are both manifestations of the same
thing.
In proposition 14 of his treatise Ethics, Spinoza proves that besides God no substance
can be granted or conceived. This conclusion led Spinoza to embrace which doctrine? -
Answers - substance Monism
Spinoza birthplace - Answers - Holland
In which way does Spinoza explain the correlation between the mind and the body? -
Answers - Events in the mind and events in the body have ultimately the same source.
Both Descartes and Spinoza recognize a difference between the mind and body, but
they draw the distinction between the two differently. What is the difference between the
accounts of the difference between body and mind according to Descartes and
Spinoza? - Answers - For Descartes the difference between the mind and the body is a
fundamental metaphysical difference, whereas for Spinoza the difference is only one of
appearance of a common metaphysical reality.
In the Appendix to Book I of the Ethics, Spinoza argues against the existence of which
kind of causality - Answers - Final causality
According to Spinoza it is possible to look at Nature from two viewpoints, which he calls
natura naturata (nature naturing) and natura naturans (nature being natured)? What is
the difference between natura naturata and natura naturans in Spinoza's Ethics? -
Answers - "Natura naturata" refers to nature as a active principle, whereas "natura
naturans" refers to nature as a passive principle.
Why is Spinoza considered to be a rationalist philosopher? - Answers - Because he
believes, like Descartes, that all knowledge is based on the use of reason.
The appendix of Book I of Spinoza's Ethics begins as follows:In the foregoing I have
explained the nature and properties of God. I have shown that he necessarily exists,
that he is one: that he is, and acts solely by the necessity of his own nature; that he is
the free cause of all things, and how he is so; that all things are in God, and so depend
on him, that without him they could neither exist nor be conceived; lastly, that all things
are pre-determined by God, not through his free will or absolute fiat, but from the very
nature of God or infinite power.How is it possible that God "acts solely by the necessity
