Chapter 2 Self Quiz

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. The "problem of the external world" is the problem of whether there exists one's own mind and its images.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The theory of direct realism is that we are in direct contact with private images coming to us from the external world.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. One difference between "Add Some More Boils" and "Why Don't You Just Wake Up" is that in "Add Some More Boils"

there is no external world. correct incorrect

there is an external world. correct incorrect

there are no minds. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. George Berkeley believed in the existence of

God, minds, and physical objects. correct incorrect

minds and physical objects but no God. correct incorrect

God, minds, and no physical objects. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which theory denies that we always perceive physical objects by means of mental images?

Indirect realism correct incorrect

Representative realism correct incorrect

Direct realism correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. "One can easily imagine millions of individuals running thousands of variations on hundreds of themes, each containing billions of simulated individuals." This quotation is from

Plato. correct incorrect

Descartes. correct incorrect

David Hume. correct incorrect

Nick Bostrom. correct incorrect

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. "Such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities." This quotation is from

Wittgenstein correct incorrect

John Locke. correct incorrect

David Hume. correct incorrect

Nick Bostrom. correct incorrect

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. Wittgenstein's private language argument has been used as an argument against

direct realism. correct incorrect

representative realism. correct incorrect

solipsism. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. "How can I be dreaming? Just now, I asked my friend if I was dreaming and she said 'No.'" The problem with this argument is that

my friend might be tricking me. correct incorrect

my friend may be part of my dream. correct incorrect

my friend may not understand philosophy. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The idea of the brain in the vat is to challenge

our belief that there is external world. correct incorrect

our belief that we know what the external world is like. correct incorrect

our belief that we have a mind. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. George Berkeley claimed that our everyday images of objects came from

the objects themselves. correct incorrect

God. correct incorrect

our own minds. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect