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Chapter 10 Quiz
From Hobbes to Hume
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Hume divides propositions into two types: __________.
impressions and ideas
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relations of ideas and matters of fact
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divinely revealed and empirically perceived
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a priori and posteriori
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According to Hume, __________ alone renders our experience useful to us.
sensation
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divine guidance
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reason
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Berkeley thinks that an object is __________.
a collection of sensations
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the collection of its primary qualities
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a collection of God's attributes
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its cumulative causal power
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Locke says that a __________ quality is one that is utterly inseparable from a body.
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primary
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secondary
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divine
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Locke argues against __________.
innate ideas
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ideas derived from contemplation
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ideas derived from sense perception
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fictitious ideas
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According to Hobbes, notions of morality and justice __________ in the state of nature.
still apply
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refer to objective standards
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have no place
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serve as guiding ideals
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Berkeley insists that heat and cold are __________.
illusions
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physical objects
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only things existing apart from our minds
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only sensations existing in our minds
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According to Locke, secondary qualities are __________.
inherent in the object
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powers the object has to produce sensations in us
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fundamental features of the human mind
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what makes an object distinct from another object
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The difficulty of justifying the assumption that the future will be like the past is known as the problem of __________.
science
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deduction
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induction
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incoherence
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According to Hume, we rely on the principle of induction because it is __________.
an established truth
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a habit of mind
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confirmed by science
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inductively proven
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Hobbes defines injustice specifically as __________.
disobeying a sovereign
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disobeying God's law
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breaking a contract or covenant
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an unequal distribution of goods
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According to Hobbes and Locke, political states are made legitimate by __________.
their power
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the divine right of kings
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a social contract
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their utility
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According to Hobbes, human beings are by nature __________.
irrational and violent
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benevolent and trusting
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selfish and dishonest
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altruistic and caring
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Locke rejected the notion of __________.
empirical knowledge
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relations of ideas
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innate ideas
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sense data
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The heart of Spinoza's metaphysics is his concept of __________.
matter
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substance
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mind
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cause
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According to Spinoza's metaphysics, there is only one substance and that substance is God.
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Berkeley declares that there is no such thing as material substance.
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Berkeley accepts the conventional philosophical distinction between primary and secondary qualities.
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Locke claims that secondary qualities are nothing in the objects themselves.
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According to Locke, objects do not exist independently of a perceiver.
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According to Locke, all knowledge begins with sensory experience.
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Hume argues that science should stop relying on the principle of induction.
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Leibniz argues that compound substances are composed out of simple material atoms he
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Locke argues that even if there were particular truths that all people agreed on, that fact would not prove the existence of innate ideas.
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According to Leibniz, God has free will but human beings do not.
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