PHILOSOPHY 130 EXAM 68 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Inductive (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER Is this an inductive or deductive argument?
(a) It's sunny in Chicago.
(b) If it's sunny in Chicago, Mary won't be carrying an umbrella.
(c) Therefore, Mary won't be carrying an umbrealla.
Argument from Analogy (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER What kind of inductive
argument is the following?
(a) Both frog feet and scuba foot fins are webbed.
(b) Frog feet allow frogs to more easily swim.
(c) Therefore, scuba foot fins allow one to more easily swim.
B (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER The main tool of philosophy is:
A) goodness
B) argument
C) experiment
D) intuition
A (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER An argument has two main elements. These are:
A) Premises and conclusion
B) Objection and premises
C) Conclusion and assumptions
D) Premises and objection
,E) Modus ponens and modus tollens
F) Induction and Deduction
A (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER If a deductive argument is such that if its premises
are true, then its conclusion must necessarily be true, then that argument is:
A) sound
B) unsound
C) valid
D) invalid
C (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER Descartes wishes to first show that all his
opinions are false. How does he know if a given opinion is false?
(a) If it contradicts what is true
(b) If it is contrary to authority
(c) If there is at least some reason to doubt it
(d) If it is true but not certain
(e) If it is certain but not true
E (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER What did Descartes realize about his childhood
'some years ago'?
(a) That the life of the idle mind is not worth living.
(b) That wealth does not give you honour.
(c) That hope springs eternal.
(d) That all knowledge is based on sense perception.
, (e) That it contained a large number of falsehoods.
B (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER Descarte draws an analogy between our beliefs
and what?
(a) An army, with philosophy as the captain.
(b) A building, with some beliefs the foundation and others the struc- ture.
(c) A circle, where all our beliefs somehow support each other.
(d) A falling feather, with no bottom or foundation.
False (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: Descartes thinks we can tell
whether we are dream- ing or not just by becoming more aware of what's going
on in our dreams.
B (Gettier) - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following IS NOT a necessary
condition for a subject (S) knowing some proposition (P):
(a) P is true.
(b) P exists in the outside world and not just in the mind.
(c) S believes that P
(d) S is justified in believing that P
A (Foundationalism) - CORRECT ANSWER Justification (in epistemology) is:
(a) What warrants a belief
(b) What warrants a case
(c) When one does what is right
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Inductive (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER Is this an inductive or deductive argument?
(a) It's sunny in Chicago.
(b) If it's sunny in Chicago, Mary won't be carrying an umbrella.
(c) Therefore, Mary won't be carrying an umbrealla.
Argument from Analogy (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER What kind of inductive
argument is the following?
(a) Both frog feet and scuba foot fins are webbed.
(b) Frog feet allow frogs to more easily swim.
(c) Therefore, scuba foot fins allow one to more easily swim.
B (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER The main tool of philosophy is:
A) goodness
B) argument
C) experiment
D) intuition
A (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER An argument has two main elements. These are:
A) Premises and conclusion
B) Objection and premises
C) Conclusion and assumptions
D) Premises and objection
,E) Modus ponens and modus tollens
F) Induction and Deduction
A (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER If a deductive argument is such that if its premises
are true, then its conclusion must necessarily be true, then that argument is:
A) sound
B) unsound
C) valid
D) invalid
C (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER Descartes wishes to first show that all his
opinions are false. How does he know if a given opinion is false?
(a) If it contradicts what is true
(b) If it is contrary to authority
(c) If there is at least some reason to doubt it
(d) If it is true but not certain
(e) If it is certain but not true
E (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER What did Descartes realize about his childhood
'some years ago'?
(a) That the life of the idle mind is not worth living.
(b) That wealth does not give you honour.
(c) That hope springs eternal.
(d) That all knowledge is based on sense perception.
, (e) That it contained a large number of falsehoods.
B (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER Descarte draws an analogy between our beliefs
and what?
(a) An army, with philosophy as the captain.
(b) A building, with some beliefs the foundation and others the struc- ture.
(c) A circle, where all our beliefs somehow support each other.
(d) A falling feather, with no bottom or foundation.
False (Descartes) - CORRECT ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: Descartes thinks we can tell
whether we are dream- ing or not just by becoming more aware of what's going
on in our dreams.
B (Gettier) - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following IS NOT a necessary
condition for a subject (S) knowing some proposition (P):
(a) P is true.
(b) P exists in the outside world and not just in the mind.
(c) S believes that P
(d) S is justified in believing that P
A (Foundationalism) - CORRECT ANSWER Justification (in epistemology) is:
(a) What warrants a belief
(b) What warrants a case
(c) When one does what is right
