Chapter 06 Self Quiz

. Philosophers use the term empirical evidence for evidence acquired by

the scientific method. correct incorrect

rigorous, logic-based argumentation. correct incorrect

sense perception. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

. Descartes focused on using which of the following methods?

A posteriori correct incorrect

A priori correct incorrect

Scientific correct incorrect

Naturalistic correct incorrect

. The "argument from perspectival variation" is used to support

direct realism. correct incorrect

indirect realism. correct incorrect

direct idealism. correct incorrect

indirect idealism. correct incorrect

. In Locke's terminology, material objects are objects that exist

in prime matter. correct incorrect

in the natural world. correct incorrect

within the minds of materialists. correct incorrect

outside any mind (and are not themselves minds). correct incorrect

. Naive representationalism claims that

the ideas generated in perception perfectly resemble the material objects they represent. correct incorrect

setting aside occasional cases of illusion, the ideas generated in perception perfectly resemble the material objects they represent. correct incorrect

setting aside occasional cases of illusion, the ideas generated in perception closely resemble the material objects they represent. correct incorrect

all theories that assume a similarity between material objects and the ideas that represent them are naive. correct incorrect

. Locke argued that our idea of heat represents heat, but the idea of heat doesn't resemble heat itself, just as the word

heat represents heat, but it doesn't resemble heat. correct incorrect

porcupine represents porcupines, but it doesn't resemble a porcupine. correct incorrect

pain represents pain, but it doesn't resemble pain. correct incorrect

word represents words, but it doesn't resemble a word. correct incorrect

. Which of the following is/are included among Lockean secondary qualities?

Shape correct incorrect

Solidity correct incorrect

Color correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect