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MT1 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/ideas //about //techne //did //NOT //originate //with //Plato //or //Aristotle? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Techne //can //improve //on //nature's //design
The /
/idea /
/that /
/knowledge /
/of /
/the /
/material /
/world //must //be //ground //in //information //from //the //senses //is //called //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Empiricism
Which /
/thinker /
/believed /
/that /
/the /
/world /
/worked /
/like //
a/
/perfect /
/machine, /
,/that /
/is, /
/as /
/inert /
/particles //that //moved //according //to //defined //mathematical //laws? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Descartes
The /
/idea /
/that /
/knowledge /
/of /
/the //external //world //can //be //found //through //rational //thought //is //called //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Rationalism
Which //of //the //following //are //NOT //part //of //Descartes' //philosophy? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Empiricism
What /
/is /
/the /
/point //of //Descartes' //argument //that //ends //"I //think, //therefore //I //am"? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔My //existence //is //the //only //thing //that //I //know //for //certain.
Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/statements /
/are /
/NOT /
/indicative //of //what //Bacon //believed //to //be //true //about //technology? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Pure //theoretical //research //has //no //role //to //play //in //an //advanced //technological //society.
, When /
/people /
/characterize //Bacon's //technological //views //as //"Knowledge //is //Power", //what //do //they //mean?
//- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Technology //will //help //us //control //nature.
In /
/Mumford's /
/paper, //"Science /
/as /
/Technology", /
/which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/statements //were //NOT //included //as //ideas //that //Bacon //got //right? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Our /
/increased /
/understanding /
/of //the //world //will //only //result //from //systematic //observation //and //experimentation.
According /
/to /
/Mumford /
/in //"Science //as //Technology" //there //are //problems //that //arise //out //of //the //kind //of //large-
scale /
/scientific /
/projects /
/that /
/Bacon /
/foretold. /
/Which /
/of /
/the //following //were //NOT //considered //to //be //one //of //these //problems. //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Scientists //may //be //unaware //of //what //developments //are //being //made //in //other //areas //of
//the //project.
297 -
/ // /
MT1 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/ideas //about //techne //did //NOT //originate //with //Plato //or //Aristotle? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Techne //can //improve //on //nature's //design
The /
/idea /
/that /
/knowledge /
/of /
/the /
/material /
/world //must //be //ground //in //information //from //the //senses //is //called //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Empiricism
Which /
/thinker /
/believed /
/that /
/the /
/world /
/worked /
/like //
a/
/perfect /
/machine, /
,/that /
/is, /
/as /
/inert /
/particles //that //moved //according //to //defined //mathematical //laws? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Descartes
The /
/idea /
/that /
/knowledge /
/of /
/the //external //world //can //be //found //through //rational //thought //is //called //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Rationalism
Which //of //the //following //are //NOT //part //of //Descartes' //philosophy? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Empiricism
What /
/is /
/the /
/point //of //Descartes' //argument //that //ends //"I //think, //therefore //I //am"? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔My //existence //is //the //only //thing //that //I //know //for //certain.
Which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/statements /
/are /
/NOT /
/indicative //of //what //Bacon //believed //to //be //true //about //technology? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Pure //theoretical //research //has //no //role //to //play //in //an //advanced //technological //society.
, When /
/people /
/characterize //Bacon's //technological //views //as //"Knowledge //is //Power", //what //do //they //mean?
//- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Technology //will //help //us //control //nature.
In /
/Mumford's /
/paper, //"Science /
/as /
/Technology", /
/which /
/of /
/the /
/following /
/statements //were //NOT //included //as //ideas //that //Bacon //got //right? //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Our /
/increased /
/understanding /
/of //the //world //will //only //result //from //systematic //observation //and //experimentation.
According /
/to /
/Mumford /
/in //"Science //as //Technology" //there //are //problems //that //arise //out //of //the //kind //of //large-
scale /
/scientific /
/projects /
/that /
/Bacon /
/foretold. /
/Which /
/of /
/the //following //were //NOT //considered //to //be //one //of //these //problems. //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Scientists //may //be //unaware //of //what //developments //are //being //made //in //other //areas //of
//the //project.
