Rationalism V Innatism

Which sentence best sums up Ockham's Razor?

• The more detailed the better.

• Something cannot come from nothing.

• The simplest explanation is the most likely.

• All knowledge stems from God.

Which of the following would be the odd one out?

• Induction

• Deduction

• Abduction

From Plato's Allegory of the Cave, what represents an earthly human existence without philosophical contemplation?

• The sunlight outside the cave.

• The prisoners chained inside the cave.

• The shadows on the wall of the cave.

• The prisoner who escapes the cave.

Which is classed as a 'higher Form' according to Plato?

• Beauty

• Roundness

• Beautiful sunset

• The Form of the Good.

Which of the following is the odd one out?

• There are not truths.

• A married bachelor.

• The death of perfection

• My mind is all that exists.

Which of the following is not associated with Leibniz?

• The Law of Identity

• Tabula Rasa

• The Identity of Indiscernibles

• The Law on Non-Contradition.

Which of the following is the odd one out?

• Empirical

• A posteriori

• Synthetic

• Analytic

Which of the following is not a suggested example of innate knowledge by a rationalist scholar?

• Beauty

• Geometry

• Laws of Physics

• Necessary Truths

Which of the following is the odd one out?

• Reason

• A priori

• Innate

• Experience

Who is the odd one out?

• Hume

• Descartes

• Plato

• Leibniz