PHILOSOPHY 114 Exam Review (SVSU)
Where does language ultimately derive its importance to critical thinking? - ✔️✔️Its
ability to convey information about the world
Besides the ways in which beliefs are formed in general, why are eyewitness accounts
often unreliable? - ✔️✔️People have faulty memories
According to his First Meditation, what was Rene Descartes' (first) foundational belief? -
✔️✔️"I think, therefore I exist."
The difference between factual statements and other statements is that... -
✔️✔️Factual statements are accepted by almost everyone
Logic is an important branch of philosophy. It studies: - ✔️✔️Logical relationships
among beliefs, statements, and formulas when reasoning is at work
All webs of belief generally consists of beliefs that all fit together. Each web of belief has
core beliefs and peripheral beliefs.
Which of the following best describe core and peripheral beliefs?
A) Peripheral beliefs are agreed upon by everyone in a group, whereas core beliefs are
only accepted by perception.
B) One's peripheral beliefs are more likely to be revised if his/her experience contradict
them, whereas one's core beliefs are less likely to be revised.
C) Core beliefs are formed by means of perception whereas peripheral beliefs are not.
D) They are formed by individuals completely on their own and only can be revised due
to new information. - ✔️✔️One's peripheral beliefs are more likely to be revised if
his/her experience contradict them, whereas one's core beliefs are less likely to be
revised.
The verb "believe" is transitive, and "believe true" relates the speaker to his or her
utterance. For example, when Mary says, "I believe that it is snowing," Mary relates
herself to her utterance (about the weather).
What does it mean to say "believing something true"? - ✔️✔️One's belief relates ones
self to his or her language that conveys information about the world
A statement is warranted if .... - ✔️✔️It is backed up by other statements
, Reliance on reason is contrasted with a reliance on mystery primarily because -
✔️✔️mystery closes dialogue
What is the main challenge that Socrates brings to Euthyphro? - ✔️✔️That Euthyphro's
concept of piety is not well developed.
What are the essential steps to have an open rational dialogue with others? (Choice the
right order - ✔️✔️Accept, What follows, Question
Why should we study logic? - ✔️✔️To make sense of our ideas of the world, and to
connect us to others via open rational dialogue
Which of the following best describes the Socratic Account of belief and the world? -
✔️✔️Any belief about the world can potentially be changed by new information
Statements at the periphery of the web of belief are relatively easy to alter because they
are... - ✔️✔️Not connected with many other beliefs
According to Empiricism, all knowledge is based on... - ✔️✔️The senses
In order to give warrant to a statement to someone else, we must... - ✔️✔️Engage in
open rational dialogue
We value consensus among groups of common language users. This is mainly because
consensus verifies our views or experiences and leads us to think that our views or
perceptions are not unique or ours alone. However consensus could sometimes be
biased.
What is the lesson we can draw from reading "President Tom's Cabin" in this context? -
✔️✔️Although history is always open to new evidence, historian themselves have webs
of belief that influence how they receive new evidence and the difficulty of adjusting
their webs to accommodate it.
The purpose of Descartes' "method of doubt" is to... - ✔️✔️Determine which beliefs
one can absolutely certain
What is the relation between knowledge and certainty? - ✔️✔️Things that are known
are believed with certainty
What is the main importance of consensus of knowledge? - ✔️✔️It ensures most of our
statements will be warranted
Some arguments are stated as "enthymemes" because its arguers may intend to avoid
stating premises that might be questionable.
Where does language ultimately derive its importance to critical thinking? - ✔️✔️Its
ability to convey information about the world
Besides the ways in which beliefs are formed in general, why are eyewitness accounts
often unreliable? - ✔️✔️People have faulty memories
According to his First Meditation, what was Rene Descartes' (first) foundational belief? -
✔️✔️"I think, therefore I exist."
The difference between factual statements and other statements is that... -
✔️✔️Factual statements are accepted by almost everyone
Logic is an important branch of philosophy. It studies: - ✔️✔️Logical relationships
among beliefs, statements, and formulas when reasoning is at work
All webs of belief generally consists of beliefs that all fit together. Each web of belief has
core beliefs and peripheral beliefs.
Which of the following best describe core and peripheral beliefs?
A) Peripheral beliefs are agreed upon by everyone in a group, whereas core beliefs are
only accepted by perception.
B) One's peripheral beliefs are more likely to be revised if his/her experience contradict
them, whereas one's core beliefs are less likely to be revised.
C) Core beliefs are formed by means of perception whereas peripheral beliefs are not.
D) They are formed by individuals completely on their own and only can be revised due
to new information. - ✔️✔️One's peripheral beliefs are more likely to be revised if
his/her experience contradict them, whereas one's core beliefs are less likely to be
revised.
The verb "believe" is transitive, and "believe true" relates the speaker to his or her
utterance. For example, when Mary says, "I believe that it is snowing," Mary relates
herself to her utterance (about the weather).
What does it mean to say "believing something true"? - ✔️✔️One's belief relates ones
self to his or her language that conveys information about the world
A statement is warranted if .... - ✔️✔️It is backed up by other statements
, Reliance on reason is contrasted with a reliance on mystery primarily because -
✔️✔️mystery closes dialogue
What is the main challenge that Socrates brings to Euthyphro? - ✔️✔️That Euthyphro's
concept of piety is not well developed.
What are the essential steps to have an open rational dialogue with others? (Choice the
right order - ✔️✔️Accept, What follows, Question
Why should we study logic? - ✔️✔️To make sense of our ideas of the world, and to
connect us to others via open rational dialogue
Which of the following best describes the Socratic Account of belief and the world? -
✔️✔️Any belief about the world can potentially be changed by new information
Statements at the periphery of the web of belief are relatively easy to alter because they
are... - ✔️✔️Not connected with many other beliefs
According to Empiricism, all knowledge is based on... - ✔️✔️The senses
In order to give warrant to a statement to someone else, we must... - ✔️✔️Engage in
open rational dialogue
We value consensus among groups of common language users. This is mainly because
consensus verifies our views or experiences and leads us to think that our views or
perceptions are not unique or ours alone. However consensus could sometimes be
biased.
What is the lesson we can draw from reading "President Tom's Cabin" in this context? -
✔️✔️Although history is always open to new evidence, historian themselves have webs
of belief that influence how they receive new evidence and the difficulty of adjusting
their webs to accommodate it.
The purpose of Descartes' "method of doubt" is to... - ✔️✔️Determine which beliefs
one can absolutely certain
What is the relation between knowledge and certainty? - ✔️✔️Things that are known
are believed with certainty
What is the main importance of consensus of knowledge? - ✔️✔️It ensures most of our
statements will be warranted
Some arguments are stated as "enthymemes" because its arguers may intend to avoid
stating premises that might be questionable.
