Philosophy 101 Dr. Wishon Ole Miss –
Final questions well answered to pass
sense-data - correct answer ✔✔are the particulars Russell claims we are directly aware of in
sensory experience.
metaphysics - correct answer ✔✔is the branch of philosophy that studies the ultimate nature of
reality
pragmatism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that what makes a belief, statement, or judgement
true is that it is useful.
solipsism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that nothing exists except for one's own conscious
mental life.
knowledge by description - correct answer ✔✔is the kind of knowledge or indirect awareness
that Russell believes allows is to extend our knowledge beyond our personal experience.
skepticism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that we do not, and cannot, have knowledge about
some subject or aspect of reality.
naive realism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that in sensory experience we are directly aware
of ordinary external objects and their features.
universals - correct answer ✔✔are the abstract things that more then one particular can have in
common
, epistemology - correct answer ✔✔is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature,sources,
and structure of knowledge
idealism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that all of reality is in some sense fundamentally
mental.
a posteriori knowledge - correct answer ✔✔is knowledge that is justified solely on the basis of
experience.
introspection - correct answer ✔✔is what Russell claims to provide us with direct awareness of
our own thoughts, desires, and sensations.
coherence theory - correct answer ✔✔is the view that what makes a belief, statement, or
judgement true,is that it fits together with other beliefs, statement, or judgements to form a
harmonious system.
a priori knowledge - correct answer ✔✔is knowledge that is justified on the basis of something
other than experience.
correspondance theory - correct answer ✔✔is the view that what makes a belief, statement, or
judgment true is that it what it claims to be the case fits the facts about reality.
the ubermensch - correct answer ✔✔is the idealized future individual who will create a new
system of values to replace the Christian and Classical Greek value systems
freewill - correct answer ✔✔is the special capacity of a subject to choose to do some action
when he or she could have done otherwise
hard determinism - correct answer ✔✔the view that the laws of nature are in fact strictly
deterministic and we have no freewill
Final questions well answered to pass
sense-data - correct answer ✔✔are the particulars Russell claims we are directly aware of in
sensory experience.
metaphysics - correct answer ✔✔is the branch of philosophy that studies the ultimate nature of
reality
pragmatism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that what makes a belief, statement, or judgement
true is that it is useful.
solipsism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that nothing exists except for one's own conscious
mental life.
knowledge by description - correct answer ✔✔is the kind of knowledge or indirect awareness
that Russell believes allows is to extend our knowledge beyond our personal experience.
skepticism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that we do not, and cannot, have knowledge about
some subject or aspect of reality.
naive realism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that in sensory experience we are directly aware
of ordinary external objects and their features.
universals - correct answer ✔✔are the abstract things that more then one particular can have in
common
, epistemology - correct answer ✔✔is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature,sources,
and structure of knowledge
idealism - correct answer ✔✔is the view that all of reality is in some sense fundamentally
mental.
a posteriori knowledge - correct answer ✔✔is knowledge that is justified solely on the basis of
experience.
introspection - correct answer ✔✔is what Russell claims to provide us with direct awareness of
our own thoughts, desires, and sensations.
coherence theory - correct answer ✔✔is the view that what makes a belief, statement, or
judgement true,is that it fits together with other beliefs, statement, or judgements to form a
harmonious system.
a priori knowledge - correct answer ✔✔is knowledge that is justified on the basis of something
other than experience.
correspondance theory - correct answer ✔✔is the view that what makes a belief, statement, or
judgment true is that it what it claims to be the case fits the facts about reality.
the ubermensch - correct answer ✔✔is the idealized future individual who will create a new
system of values to replace the Christian and Classical Greek value systems
freewill - correct answer ✔✔is the special capacity of a subject to choose to do some action
when he or she could have done otherwise
hard determinism - correct answer ✔✔the view that the laws of nature are in fact strictly
deterministic and we have no freewill
