The Big Questions A Short Introduction to Philosophy.pdf

The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy
10th Edition Solomon | Test Bank




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, True / False

1. Important decisions may inspire philosophical questions, but trivial incidents usually do not.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

2. The point behind philosophical questions in general is to teach us how to arrive at answers that are so clear and
convincing that we will cease our questioning.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

3. A student with a true “gift” for philosophy will find it easy to take part in philosophical discussions from the start.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

4. Rene Descartes’s philosophical method was based on a clear authority structure that one already knows is reliable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

5. If you pinch yourself and feel it, that’s sure proof that you are not dreaming, but are indeed awake.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

6. The philosopher Socrates did not willingly go to his death because he believed he had the right to life.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

7. The old quip “There are no atheists in foxholes,” seems to mean that when faced with death, we all search for some
ultimate source of support.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

8. Unlike his contemporary, Pelagius, Augustine thought it was more important to have faith than to do good works.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

9. Scientists tell us that we are wrong to believe that ordinary material objects, like chairs, are solid objects.
a. True

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