Chapter 22 Self Quiz

. Evolutionary pressures work to instill beliefs that are

true.

good.

adaptive.

evil.

. According to the text, we have reason to doubt whether someone's belief amounts to knowledge when the belief

is due entirely to parental, cultural or evolutionary influences, and not at all to attentive reflection.

is due in any part to parental, cultural, or evolutionary influences.

is due to attentive reflection.

Both a and b

. According to the text, even when our beliefs have irrelevant influences, moral knowledge remains possible so long as

we do not attentively reflect on our beliefs.

many of our beliefs have different origins.

God exists.

we learned from a designated moral authority.

. According to Hume's argument, moral claims are

not conceptual truths.

not empirical truths.

empirical truths.

Both a and b

. According to Hume's Argument,

we can only know two sorts of claims: conceptual truths or empirical truths.

we can only know empirical truths.

we can only know conceptual truths.

we cannot know any truths at all.

. According to Hume's argument, we can have no _______ knowledge.

conceptual

empirical

moral

All of the above

. A conceptual truth is one that has which of the following features?

It is a necessary truth.

It is true just in virtue of its meaning.

It can be known just by understanding it.

All of the above

. What is an empirical truth?

A necessary truth.

A truth known just by understanding its meaning.

A truth known only by relying on evidence from our five senses.

A controversial truth.

. Which of the following is an empirical truth?

The Pacific Ocean is larger than the Atlantic.

Squares are not circles.

Bachelors are unmarried.

Both b and c

. Which of the following is a conceptual truth?

The Pacific Ocean is larger than the Atlantic.

Squares are not circles.

Bachelors are unmarried.

Both b and c

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