SSH 105 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a statement that is held to be
supported (or backed up) by one or more premises
Argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a set of statements, one of which is
taken to be supported by the remaining statements
Statement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An assertion that something is or is
not the case
Proposition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The specific thought or idea that a
statement expresses
Premise - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a statement offered in support of a
conclusion
Realism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that truth exists but it is
objective
,Nihilism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that truth doesn't exist.
Moral nihilism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that there is no truth
to moral statements
Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that truth exists and it is
subjective
Subjective relativism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What truths are depends
on what an individual believes
Social relativism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What truths are depends on
what societies and cultures believe
Skepticism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that truth exist but we
cannot know what it is.
Dream hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How do you know you are
not dreaming
Evil Genius Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How do you know you
are not being controlled by a machine
, coherence model of truth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A proposition is true
if it is coherent or consistent with a system of well supported
propositions. Otherwise it is false.
correspondence model of truth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A proposition
is true if it describes things as they actually are and corresponds to the
facts.
Believe - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To think that a proposition is true
Disbelieve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To think that a proposition is false
Suspend judgement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To neither believe nor
disbelieve a propositon
Evidence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Information pertaining to the truth or
falsity of a proposition
Principle of rational belief - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Principle that states
if your evidence supports the proposition, it is rational to believe it.
Principle of proportional belief - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Principle that
states it is rational to proportion the strength of one's belief to the
strength of one's evidence.
CORRECT ANSWERS
Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a statement that is held to be
supported (or backed up) by one or more premises
Argument - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a set of statements, one of which is
taken to be supported by the remaining statements
Statement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An assertion that something is or is
not the case
Proposition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The specific thought or idea that a
statement expresses
Premise - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a statement offered in support of a
conclusion
Realism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that truth exists but it is
objective
,Nihilism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that truth doesn't exist.
Moral nihilism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that there is no truth
to moral statements
Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that truth exists and it is
subjective
Subjective relativism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What truths are depends
on what an individual believes
Social relativism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-What truths are depends on
what societies and cultures believe
Skepticism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The belief that truth exist but we
cannot know what it is.
Dream hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How do you know you are
not dreaming
Evil Genius Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-How do you know you
are not being controlled by a machine
, coherence model of truth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A proposition is true
if it is coherent or consistent with a system of well supported
propositions. Otherwise it is false.
correspondence model of truth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A proposition
is true if it describes things as they actually are and corresponds to the
facts.
Believe - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To think that a proposition is true
Disbelieve - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To think that a proposition is false
Suspend judgement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To neither believe nor
disbelieve a propositon
Evidence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Information pertaining to the truth or
falsity of a proposition
Principle of rational belief - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Principle that states
if your evidence supports the proposition, it is rational to believe it.
Principle of proportional belief - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Principle that
states it is rational to proportion the strength of one's belief to the
strength of one's evidence.
