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Thinking Critically and Philosophy 6 Quiz

Epistemological Skepticism

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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

What is the purpose or goal of Ancient skepticism?

a) The purpose is to understand science.

b) The purpose is to avoid unrespectable theories.

c) The purpose is to attain mental tranquility by suspending judgment.

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

e) None of the above.

What proposition (or propositions) does Descartes claim survive both the Dream Hypothesis and the Evil
Genius Hypothesis?
a) I am, I exist.

b) I think, therefore I am.

c) I am nothing but a thing that thinks, I am thinking substance.

d) All of (a)-(c) are true

e) None of the above are true.

In the film, The Thirteenth Floor, how does Whitney die?

a) He is murdered by David.

b) He is murdered by Hall.

c) He is murdered by Ashton.

d) He is shot by McBain

e) He steps in front of a truck.

What is the purpose of invoking the “Evil Genius” Hypothesis?

a) To test sense knowledge for apodictic certainty.

b) To test emotional knowledge for apodictic certainty.

c) To test one’s commitment to finding knowledge.

d) To test math and logic as the apodictically certain foundation for knowledge.

e) There is nothing special about the “Evil Genius” hypothesis; it is basically the same as the Dream Hypothesis.

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

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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.

What is Descartes’ “revolutionary vision?

a) He wants to ground knowledge in sense experience.

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

Within epistemology, what is “Foundationalism” as Descartes conceives of it?

a) Foundationalism claims that knowledge is like a house of cards, easily overthrown and similar to “sand.”

b) Foundationalism claims that knowledge and epistemic justification must have a tiered structure: Some instances of knowledge and
justification are non-inferential, or foundational; and all other instances thereof are inferential or non-foundational in that they are
ultimately derive from foundational knowledge.

c) The position holds that “Foundational beliefs” are apodictically certain and are able to guarantee the certainty of the non-
foundational (or inferential) beliefs that they support.

d) Both (A) and (B) are true.

e) Both (B) and (C) are true.

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