Mulitiple choice quiz

Take the quiz to test your understanding of the key concepts covered in the chapter. Try testing yourself before you read the chapter to see where your strengths and weaknesses are, then test yourself again once you’ve read the chapter to see how well you’ve understood.

1. According to Galileo, “____________ qualities” are properties that exist in material objects, e.g., shape or motion.

  1. objective
  2. distal
  3. primary
  4. subjective

Answer:

c. primary

2. According to Galileo, “________ qualities” are the qualities that are experienced after matter acts upon the senses.

  1. objective
  2. subjective
  3. secondary
  4. proximal

Answer:

c. secondary

3. Descartes’ “method of doubt” was designed to ________.

  1. arrive at what was absolutely certain
  2. demonstrate the validity of skepticism
  3. demonstrate the validity of relativism
  4. guard against adopting false assumptions

Answer:

a. arrive at what was absolutely certain

4. In theories of knowledge, some theorists build their theory upon some privileged beliefs that serve as a basis for all other more complicated beliefs. These privileged beliefs are known as ___________ in theories of knowledge.

  1. substance
  2. epistemic
  3. transcendent
  4. foundations

Answer:

d. foundations

5. In epistemological discussion, a concern with __________ is a concern with basic beliefs (e.g., Descartes’ identification of what is absolutely certain), which serve as the given for reasoning toward beliefs that are                 more complex or complicated.

  1. metaphysic
  2. transcendence
  3. foundations
  4. apriorism

Answer:

c. foundations