PHIL 347 WEEK 3 FULLY SOLVED TEST PAPER
GRADED A+
◉ One of the major problems in the debate over free will is whether
or not:
a) the laws of nature are deterministic, and thus our actions are
determined
b) other people's psychological states can determine our actions
c) moral laws are deterministic and we must follow them
d) subatomic particles are determining our choices without us being
aware of them.
Answer: a) the laws of nature are deterministic, and thus our actions
are determined
◉ According to James, indeterminism means that we have no
reasonable grounds for:
a) credit for our actions
b) regrets
c) happiness
d) assumptions.
,Answer: b) regrets
◉ Baron d'Holbach taught that:
a) Humans are free agents
b) Humans have free will
c) No one has free will
d) Humans have some free will.
Answer: c) No one has free will
◉ Baron d'Holbach believed that man is derived from matter,
therefore:
a) Souls are really immaterial "stuff."
b) Immaterial stuff of which souls are made does not exist.
c) Souls if they exist are really derived from matter, like music from a
plucked string.
d) There is no such thing as a soul..
Answer: c) Souls if they exist are really derived from matter, like
music from a plucked string.
◉ Baron d'Holbach believed that every bit of human intellectual life
was the product of:
,a) Material forces
b) Intellectual forces
c) Spiritual forces
d) Immaterial forces.
Answer: a) Material forces
◉ When Baron d'Holbach looked as humans and nature he came to
believe that:
a) Humans are free.
b) Humans are not free because of nature's immutable laws.
c) Humans are souls trapped in bodies.
d) Humans are partially free, so d'Holbach is a compatibilist..
Answer: b) Humans are not free because of nature's immutable laws.
◉ Baron d'Holbach does not believe that humans are free agents
(i.e., have free will) because:
a) They lost their free will when they went to school.
b) Lost their free agency when they had to obey their boss.
c) Would have to be stronger than Nature.
, d) Would have to be immaterial beings to be free..
Answer: c) Would have to be stronger than Nature.
◉ For Richard Taylor soft determinism makes three claims, one of
which is:
a) Despite the appearance of freedom, all is secretly determined.
b) Free choices are an illusion.
c) voluntary behavior is nonetheless free to the extent that it is not
externally constrained or impeded;
d) voluntary behavior is rarely free, and never unconstrained..
Answer: c) voluntary behavior is nonetheless free to the extent that
it is not externally constrained or impeded;
◉ Richard Taylor sees freedom in soft determinism as meaning:
a) One is never truly free.
b) One is always fully free.
c) One is free unless constrained.
d) One is occasionally the victim of freedom..
Answer: c) One is free unless constrained.
GRADED A+
◉ One of the major problems in the debate over free will is whether
or not:
a) the laws of nature are deterministic, and thus our actions are
determined
b) other people's psychological states can determine our actions
c) moral laws are deterministic and we must follow them
d) subatomic particles are determining our choices without us being
aware of them.
Answer: a) the laws of nature are deterministic, and thus our actions
are determined
◉ According to James, indeterminism means that we have no
reasonable grounds for:
a) credit for our actions
b) regrets
c) happiness
d) assumptions.
,Answer: b) regrets
◉ Baron d'Holbach taught that:
a) Humans are free agents
b) Humans have free will
c) No one has free will
d) Humans have some free will.
Answer: c) No one has free will
◉ Baron d'Holbach believed that man is derived from matter,
therefore:
a) Souls are really immaterial "stuff."
b) Immaterial stuff of which souls are made does not exist.
c) Souls if they exist are really derived from matter, like music from a
plucked string.
d) There is no such thing as a soul..
Answer: c) Souls if they exist are really derived from matter, like
music from a plucked string.
◉ Baron d'Holbach believed that every bit of human intellectual life
was the product of:
,a) Material forces
b) Intellectual forces
c) Spiritual forces
d) Immaterial forces.
Answer: a) Material forces
◉ When Baron d'Holbach looked as humans and nature he came to
believe that:
a) Humans are free.
b) Humans are not free because of nature's immutable laws.
c) Humans are souls trapped in bodies.
d) Humans are partially free, so d'Holbach is a compatibilist..
Answer: b) Humans are not free because of nature's immutable laws.
◉ Baron d'Holbach does not believe that humans are free agents
(i.e., have free will) because:
a) They lost their free will when they went to school.
b) Lost their free agency when they had to obey their boss.
c) Would have to be stronger than Nature.
, d) Would have to be immaterial beings to be free..
Answer: c) Would have to be stronger than Nature.
◉ For Richard Taylor soft determinism makes three claims, one of
which is:
a) Despite the appearance of freedom, all is secretly determined.
b) Free choices are an illusion.
c) voluntary behavior is nonetheless free to the extent that it is not
externally constrained or impeded;
d) voluntary behavior is rarely free, and never unconstrained..
Answer: c) voluntary behavior is nonetheless free to the extent that
it is not externally constrained or impeded;
◉ Richard Taylor sees freedom in soft determinism as meaning:
a) One is never truly free.
b) One is always fully free.
c) One is free unless constrained.
d) One is occasionally the victim of freedom..
Answer: c) One is free unless constrained.
