Epistemology Part 2

Which one of the following is not associated with Direct Realism?

• Common sense position

• Cognitive contact with physical objects

• Mind-independent fixed properties

• Sense-data

Which one of the following is not an indirect realist?

• David Hume

• George Berkeley

• John Locke

• Bertrand Russell

Which of the following is not one of Descartes' Three Waves of Doubt?

• The existence of thoughts

• Dreams & hallucinations

• Illusions

• The great evil deception

Which one of the following is a criticism of Direct Realism?

• The fallacy of composition

• The paradox of the stone

• The time-lag problem

• Perceptual validation

According to John Locke, which one of the following is a primary quality?

• Yellow

• Sweetness

• Loudness

• Roundness

According to John Locke, which of the following is a secondary quality?

• Motion

• Heat

• Size

• Density

Which of the following is NOT a term associated with Epistemololgy Part 2? (Perception)

• Subjectively indistinguishable

• Veridical

• False lemma

• Mind-dependent

Which scholar claimed that the existence of an external world beyond sense-data is 'the best hypothesis'?

• Rene Descartes

• Bertrand Russell

• John Locke

• George Berkeley

Which of the following scholars said: "I have perceptual experiences whether I want them or not, and so they must be produced by some external cause"?

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

• Bertrand Russell

• George Berkeley

Why did Bertrand Russell reject asking other people to confirm whether your own sense-data is trustworthy?

• They might lie to you

• It is difficult to compare each other's sense-data

• It could raise more questions that answers

• They might only exist as a product of your sense-data