Y9 Quiz 3

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

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

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

(a)  

Match the definition to the term: "There is an external world which exists independently of me perceiving it"

• Realism
• Anti-realism
• Direct Realism
• Indirect Realism
• Hypo-realism

Match the definition to the term: "All that exists are my perceptions - i.e. there is no external world at all"

• Realism
• Anti-realism
• Direct Realism
• Indirect Realism
• Hypo-realism

Match the definition to the term: "I perceive the external world directly - so when I see an apple - I perceive it as it actually is"

• Realism
• Anti-realism
• Direct Realism
• Indirect Realism
• Hypo-realism

According to AJ Ayer, a sentence which cannot be verified empirically is what?

• meaningless
• false
• dangerous
• True
• scientific

According to the Verification Principle, what is the meaning of "There is a dragon on the quad."

• It means that if I were to go and look at the quad, I would see a dragon
• It has no meaning
• It means you shouldn't go near the quad.
• It means if I go and look at the quad, I will see a unicycle
• It means if a dragon were to look at the quad, it would see me

Which of these can be categorised as "relations of ideas"?

• Adult humans are over the age of 8
• My dog has no nose
• There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
• It's raining in Berkhamsted today
• Water boils at 100 degrees