Chapter 4 Self Quiz

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. Freedom of action requires a causal break in the choice process.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. According to "illusionism," we should tell everybody that their belief in free will is an illusion.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Determinism is the view that

quantum physics correctly describes the behavior of subatomic particles. correct incorrect

all events are governed by causal laws. correct incorrect

not all events are governed by causal laws. correct incorrect

we must struggle against our fate. correct incorrect

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. "You will die on August 10, 2041, no matter what you do." This statement would be an example of

hard impossibilism. correct incorrect

fatalism. correct incorrect

determinism. correct incorrect

deep-self compatibilism. correct incorrect

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. The problem with looking at our choices to see if they are free/uncaused is that

our choices might be determined. correct incorrect

it won't tell us how our actions happened. correct incorrect

there may be unconscious causes for those choices. correct incorrect

our choices might be fated. correct incorrect

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. If God gave us free will, it's hard to see how God could

love humanity. correct incorrect

make a rock so big he can't lift it. correct incorrect

predict the future. correct incorrect

know the past. correct incorrect

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. Hard determinism says that

we are always responsible for what we do. correct incorrect

we are sometimes responsible for what we do. correct incorrect

we are never responsible for what we do. correct incorrect

it's hard to live with determinism. correct incorrect

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. Contra-causal freedom seems to imply a causal break somewhere in the choice process because

otherwise our choices would be governed by causal laws. correct incorrect

otherwise we would not have freedom of action. correct incorrect

otherwise our choices would be fated. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Quantum physics implies that

determinism is false. correct incorrect

indeterminism is false. correct incorrect

all events are fated. correct incorrect

no events are fated. correct incorrect

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. The impossibilist argument says that contra-causal freedom is impossible because

determinism is true. correct incorrect

contra-causal freedom makes no sense. correct incorrect

all our choices are fated. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. "Contra-causal freedom would be a desirable thing to have."Which of the following would be most likely to reject this statement?

Hard determinist correct incorrect

Libertarian correct incorrect

Hard impossibilist correct incorrect

Fatalist correct incorrect

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. Soft determinism involves

determinism plus compatibilism. correct incorrect

determinism plus incompatibilism. correct incorrect

a combination of determinism and indeterminism. correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect