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Thinking Critically and Philosophy - Quiz 6

Epistemological Skepticism

This quiz is worth 5 points. You will have 3 attempts. The highest score will count.

Is David Hume a Skeptic?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Unknown

What is Descartes’ method of “Radical Doubt?

a) In order to attain mental tranquility Descartes “doubts” everything.

b) The method requires us to doubt anything and everything that can be logically doubted, no matter how weak the grounds for
doubting, until one discovers a proposition (or propositions) that are logically indubitable.

c) The method requires that we find differing sets of beliefs and their links to other sets of beliefs. What we will find is that “knowledge”
is structured like an intricate web. The epistemic project is that of strengthening the web.

d) Radical Doubt is a theory that pertains to Descartes’ development of analytical geometry.

e) Both (a) and (c) are true.

In the film, The Thirteenth Floor, who created the 1930’s simulation world?

a) Hall and Fuller

b) Hall and Ferguson

c) Ferguson and David

d) David and Ashton

e) Ashton and Fuller

Is Descartes a Skeptic?
a) Yes

b) No

c) Unknown

Does a sense-data theorist believe that we experience the external world directly?
a) Yes

b) No

In the film, The Thirteenth Floor, is the world where David and his wife live “the real world” and NOT a
simulation?
a) True

b) False

c) Unknown

If the sense-data theory is true, how does anyone know that her mental representations are accurate or true of
the world as it really is?
a) This is the problem, we cannot know. Skepticism seems to follow from sense data theory.

b) Some scholars claim that our representations are accurate, but they fail to explain in any detail how or why this is the case.

c) There is no need to explain. Philosophers should just assume that God gives us good representations. Likewise, a scientist should
not worry about the laws of nature. God makes sure they work.

d) All of the above

e) Only (a) and (b) are true.

What is Descartes’ “revolutionary vision?

a) He wants to ground knowledge in sense experience.

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b) He wants to form a new school dedicated to Plato.

c) He wants to do away with philosophy.

d) He is trying to separate the “pure intellect” from sense-experience.

e) All of the above

Is the mental representation given to us by our sense data “private?

a) Yes, it is a private mental entity

b No, it is public for all to see

c) Unknown

According to David Hume, what are statements about causation?

a) They are truths of science

b) Causation, according to Hume, is something that the human mind devises when there is a constant conjunction between
representations.

c) They are God’s truths.

d) They are accurate depictions of reality.

e) Unknown

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