Philosophy 1010 Test 3 2025 Questions
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Evil Demon/Deceiver Hypothesis.
In your own life, what is the most likely 'evil deceiver'? - ANSWER-Instead of an
all good God, maybe there is a Supreme Deceiver whose goal is to deceive me.
Everything I see could be illusions.
In my life, it is most likely that I am my own deceiver
How does Quine's Gavagai thought experiment illustrate problems with translation
and understanding? - ANSWER-If we spend time with those who speak an
unknown language to us, we can make assumptions about what they are speaking
of, but we cannot know for sure (understanding requires context; language fails)
Present Hume's missing shade of blue thought experiment and how he misread it -
ANSWER-- Person knows all shades of colors except one specific shade of blue
- All the shades are placed before him except the one he doesn't know
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, will he be able to know the shade? Hume says yes which he believes refutes his
theory
- In reality, we use our previous sense data to create a shade of blue in between the
two
What is Mill's Chaotic world thought experiment?
How would Kant and Hume disagree?
What worry does Ricoeur raise? - ANSWER-- Mill says that belief in uniformity is
not an instinct (belief in causal patterns is like a belief in Santa-it fades away)
- Hume and Kant say that we will try to find causal patterns in a world where there
are none
- Ricoeur says we believe in causal patterns even if they aren't really there
Kant Brain - ANSWER-- Intuition of ethics (without thinking, we know that
murder and rape are wrong)
- Would not pull the switch for a train to kill less people (murder is wrong)
Mill Brain - ANSWER-- Thinks deeply about things that seem morally right (we
should harm someone if there is a greater good)
- Would pull the switch for a train to kill less people (greater good)
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and Answers 100% Pass
Evil Demon/Deceiver Hypothesis.
In your own life, what is the most likely 'evil deceiver'? - ANSWER-Instead of an
all good God, maybe there is a Supreme Deceiver whose goal is to deceive me.
Everything I see could be illusions.
In my life, it is most likely that I am my own deceiver
How does Quine's Gavagai thought experiment illustrate problems with translation
and understanding? - ANSWER-If we spend time with those who speak an
unknown language to us, we can make assumptions about what they are speaking
of, but we cannot know for sure (understanding requires context; language fails)
Present Hume's missing shade of blue thought experiment and how he misread it -
ANSWER-- Person knows all shades of colors except one specific shade of blue
- All the shades are placed before him except the one he doesn't know
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, will he be able to know the shade? Hume says yes which he believes refutes his
theory
- In reality, we use our previous sense data to create a shade of blue in between the
two
What is Mill's Chaotic world thought experiment?
How would Kant and Hume disagree?
What worry does Ricoeur raise? - ANSWER-- Mill says that belief in uniformity is
not an instinct (belief in causal patterns is like a belief in Santa-it fades away)
- Hume and Kant say that we will try to find causal patterns in a world where there
are none
- Ricoeur says we believe in causal patterns even if they aren't really there
Kant Brain - ANSWER-- Intuition of ethics (without thinking, we know that
murder and rape are wrong)
- Would not pull the switch for a train to kill less people (murder is wrong)
Mill Brain - ANSWER-- Thinks deeply about things that seem morally right (we
should harm someone if there is a greater good)
- Would pull the switch for a train to kill less people (greater good)
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