Year 9 Unit 1

Which of these is a definition of (philsoophical) scepticism?

• You shouldn't believe everything you read online
• Everyone is probably in it for themselves
• All knowledge comes from experience
• It is impossible to know (almost) anything
• All knowledge comes from the senses

A modern day skeptical idea is known as the 'brain in a ____'

Which of these was not one of Descartes three reasons for doubting?

• Our senses sometimes deceive us
• We could be dreaming
• Our lives could be one big computer simulation
• An evil demon could be deceiving us

In Descartes apple basket metaphor, what did he feel needed to be done?

• All the apples needed to be inspected individually to see if they were rotten
• A small sample of apples should be tested for flavour
• All the apples must be thrown away.
• The apples must be tasted as knowledge comes from the senses
• The apples need to be sold and oranges bought instead.

What source of knowledge comes from being told information by another person?

• Testimony
• Innate Knowledge
• Intuition
• Pure Reason
• Empirical Knowledge

What source of knowledge is knowledge you are born with?

• Testimony
• Innate Knowledge
• Intuition
• Pure Reason
• Empirical Knowledge

What source of knowledge did Descartes describe as 'clearly and distinctly perceiving something to be true'?

• Testimony
• Innate Knowledge
• Intuition
• Pure Reason
• Empirical Knowledge

What source of knowledge can be worked out from logic and definitions only?

• Testimony
• Innate Knowledge
• Intuition
• Pure Reason
• Empirical Knowledge

John Locke's idea that we are born knowing nothing is known as what?

"I know that it is raining, because I can feel the rain on my skin." What source of knowledge is this?

• Testimony
• Innate Knowledge
• Intuition
• Pure Reason
• Empirical Knowledge