Chapter 05 Self Quiz

. Rene Descartes (1596-1650) set out to find complete certainty in

The New Organon.

Meditations on First Philosophy.

Leviathan.

What Is Truth?

. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) refuted the belief that celestial bodies are

in eternal and perfect motion.

divinities.

perfectly spherical.

alive.

. Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy argued that our senses have

deceived us in the past, though should always be trusted.

deceived us in the past, thus should not be trusted absolutely.

never deceived us in the past, though should still not be trusted.

never deceived us in the past, thus should be trusted absolutely.

. An a priori argument is one that

does not rely on observation.

relies on observation.

relies on both observation and pure reason.

None of the above

. Descartes posited an "evil demon" that could deceive him about everything except

what he was presently experiencing.

his memories of the past.

his mathematical calculations.

that he exists.

. Descartes claimed to know with complete certainty that he was a

divine creature.

thinking thing.

rational animal.

All of the above

. Descartes claimed that when he reflected on certain claims, such as "I exist" or "I am a thinking thing," he felt compelled to believe because these perceptions were

obvious and immediate.

logically necessary.

empirically verifiable.

vivid and clear.

. Descartes claims to prove the existence of god based on his vivid and clear perception that

God exists.

God is supremely perfect.

God is supremely good.

God is the cause of his own being.

. Descartes argued that God, being perfectly good, would not allow people to be led into error by vivid and clear perception. Which of the following is not a premise in that argument?

Malice and weakness are not to be found in God.

I have a faculty of judgment that was given to me by God.

Since God doesn't want to deceive me, I am sure that he didn't give me a faculty of judgment that would lead me into error while I was using it correctly.

Deceiving someone is often necessary for his or her own good.

. The Meditations on First Philosophy is often said to be the founding work of __________ philosophy.

ancient

medieval

modern

contemporary

. When philosophers talk about someone being a skeptic, they usually have in mind someone who

believes some things are simply unknowable.

doubts to an extreme level.

follows Descartes.

acknowledges the difficulty in acquiring knowledge.

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