PHI Final Exam Study Guide Multiple
Choice questions with correct answers
A priori knowledge is the type of knowledge that is - correct answer-justified independently of, or prior
to experience
What is not an example of a priori knowledge? - correct answer-examples:
- all bachelors are unmarried men
- all unicorns are one-horned creatures
- either the team will win their next game or it won't
What is not an example of a posteriori knowledge? - correct answer-examples:
- tadpoles become frogs
- water freezes at 32 degrees
- touching a hot stove hurts
_________ claims that reason is the primary source of knowledge about the world. - correct answer-
rationalism
What claims are made by the position of constructivism? - correct answer-the claim that knowledge is
neither already in the mind nor passively received from experience, but that our mind constructs
knowledge out of materials of experience
_________ claims that certainty is necessary for us to have knowledge. - correct answer-skepticism
Which philosopher used methodological skepticism as a strategy for finding certainty? - correct answer-
Descartes
What was the purpose of Descartes' quest for certainty? - correct answer-to find if there was any belief
that was certain
Choice questions with correct answers
A priori knowledge is the type of knowledge that is - correct answer-justified independently of, or prior
to experience
What is not an example of a priori knowledge? - correct answer-examples:
- all bachelors are unmarried men
- all unicorns are one-horned creatures
- either the team will win their next game or it won't
What is not an example of a posteriori knowledge? - correct answer-examples:
- tadpoles become frogs
- water freezes at 32 degrees
- touching a hot stove hurts
_________ claims that reason is the primary source of knowledge about the world. - correct answer-
rationalism
What claims are made by the position of constructivism? - correct answer-the claim that knowledge is
neither already in the mind nor passively received from experience, but that our mind constructs
knowledge out of materials of experience
_________ claims that certainty is necessary for us to have knowledge. - correct answer-skepticism
Which philosopher used methodological skepticism as a strategy for finding certainty? - correct answer-
Descartes
What was the purpose of Descartes' quest for certainty? - correct answer-to find if there was any belief
that was certain
