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Modern Philosophy
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1Father of modern thought
- ARene Descartes
- BDavid Hume
- CJohn Locke
- DImmanuel Kant
2believed that we are born with tabula rosa
- ARene Descartes
- BJohn Locke
- CImmanuel Kant
- DThomas Reid
3"is" does not mean "ought"
- AKarl Marx
- BThomas Hobbes
- CDavid Hume
- DRene Descartes
4believed we made sense of the world by our collective experiences
- AJohn Locke
- BThomas Reid
- CDavid Hume
- DJeremy Bentham
5Noumena - thing in itself
- ARene Descartes
- BDavid Hume
- CImmanuel Kant
- DGeorge Berkeley
6"Wealth of Nations"
- AAdam Smith
- BImmanuel Kant
- CJohn Locke
- DThomas Hobbes
7"to be is to be perceived"
- AAdam Smith
- BGeorge Berkeley
- CJohn Locke
- DDavid Hume
8believed there was a common sense (sensus communis) among humans.
- AGeorge Berkeley
- BThomas Reid
- CJohn Stuart Mill
- DRene Descartes
9pleasure highest good
- AJeremy Bentham
- BRene Discartes
- CDavid Hume
- DKarl Marx
10Post modern thinking consists of:
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[blank_start]5[blank_end]- Acommunity
- Blinguistic
- Csubjective
- Dparticular
- Eholistic
11some actions were praise worthy, others should be shunned
- ADavid Hume
- BThomas Reid
- CAdam Smith
- DJeremy Bentham
12The dialectic terms are:
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[blank_start]3[blank_end]- Athesis
- Bantithesis
- Csynthesis
13History is about a struggle of change, that through reason will bring progress and a utopia at the end.
- AImmanuel Kant
- BGeorge Freidrich Hegel
- CDavid Hume
- DThomas Hobbes
14Why people like Negative Rights
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[blank_start]4[blank_end]- Ayou already possess them
- Boffer open ended alternatives to life
- Callow freedom of thought, expression
- Dthey create equality in spite of power
15Kant says we experience the world in time and space
- ATrue
- BFalse
16we tell ourselves narratives to explain the world
- ALudwig Wittgenstein
- BJean-Francois Lyotard
- CFerdinand de Saussure
- DThomas Kuhn
17existentialist, believed no god, no hope, nothing but despair
- AJean Paul Sartre
- BThomas Kuhn
- CC.S. Pierce
- DFerdinand de Saussure
18coined the word paradigm to describe the framework of knowledge or world-view one has
- AJean-Paul Sartre
- BThomas Kuhn
- CGeorge Frederich Hegel
- DLudwig Wittgenstein
19Ludwig Wittgenstein thought of language games
- ATrue
- BFalse
20forms of life
- AGeorge Freiderich Hegel
- BThomas Kuhn
- CLudwig Wittgenstein
- DC.S. Pierce
21Four common views of history are:
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[blank_start]4[blank_end]- Ahistory as circular
- Bhistory as linear
- Chistory as dialectic
- Dhistory as process
22Thomas Reid believed history moved through struggle of opposing ideas.
- ATrue
- BFalse
23From where do rights originate?
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[blank_start]4[blank_end]- Anatural law
- Bevolution
- Ckings
- Dking rights
- Econstitution
- Fnatural rights
- Gdialectic
- Hcommunity/society
- Ilocal governments
- Jideas
- Kreason
- Ltabula rosa
243 critiques of Kant
- ACritique of Aristotelian reason
- BCritique of pure reason
- CCritique of a priori
- DCritique of practical reason
- ECritique of logical reason
- FCritique of judgement
254 main categories of the mind
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[blank_start]4[blank_end]- Aquantity
- Bquality
- Crelation
- Dmodality
26Cogito Ergo Sum came from Descartes
- ATrue
- BFalse
27Kant believed that an Absolute Spirit pushed history towards an end of history where society becomes a perfect utopia
- ATrue
- BFalse
28practical experience was the best teacher of students.
- AC.S. Pierce
- BJohn Dewey
- CWilliam James
- DKarl Marx
29Critical theory believed that these social activities were political:
- Achurch meetings
- Bart
- Cscience
- Dgovernment
- Eforeign affairs
- Flanguage
30materialist, economist and historian
- AGeorge F Hegel
- BKarl Marx
- CAdam Smith
- DJohn Locke
31What are some evils of capitalism as stated by Marx?
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[blank_start]3[blank_end]- Awidening gap between rich and poor
- Bwaste of materials
- Cartificial business cycles due to greed
32from each, according to his ability, to each, according to his need
- AC.S. Pierce
- BJohn Locke
- CKarl Marx
- DCharles Darwin
33Being and Nothingness
- AJean-Paul Sartre
- BThomas Kuhn
- CJean-Francois Lyotard
- DFreidrich Nietzche
34Nietzche said that "God is dead"
- ATrue
- BFalse
35What are the 4 truth tests?
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[blank_start]4[blank_end]- Acorrespondence
- Bcoherence theory
- Cpragmatism
- Dexplanatory power
36Jean Paul Sartre wrote a play called "No Exit" where people sat in a waiting room and soon realized they were in hell with people getting on their nerves
- ATrue
- BFalse
37Kant believe that knowledge CANNOT be A Priori but ability to understand could be.
- ATrue
- BFalse
38Thomas Hobbes said that humans develop in a way that makes us able to survive in the world.
- ATrue
- BFalse
39John Stuart Mill was a utilitarianist who cautioned against inductive fallacies or ambiguity.
- ATrue
- BFalse
40Utilitarian morality believes in:
- Aideas are highest good
- Bpleasure is highest good
- Csocialism provides most democratic means for wealth
- Dcapitalism provides most democratic means for wealth
- Egreatest good for the greatest number of people
- Fgovernment should regulate markets
- GLaissez Faire
41George Hegel came up with idea of Dialectical or Absolute Idealism
- ATrue
- BFalse
42David Hume had 2 types of ideas for knowledge: relation of idea and matters of fact. Called Hume's Fork
- ATrue
- BFalse
43subject --> object
- AJohn Locke
- BReme Descartes
- CDavid Hume
- DImmanuel Kant
44first american pragmatist
- Adavid hume
- BCharles Darwin
- CC.S. Pierce
- DThomas Kuhn
45Wrote Leviathan
- AThomas Hobbes
- BImmanuel Kant
- CRene Descartes
- DDavid Hume
46"existence precedes essence"
- AKarl Marx
- BJean Paul Sarte
- CThomas Reid
- DSigmund Freud
47Solipcism is the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.
- ATrue
- BFalse
48subject / object split
- AThomas Reid
- BJohn Locke
- CDavid Hume
- DThomas Hobbes
49outspoken advocate for women's rights
- AJohn Locke
- BJohn Stuart Mill
- CDavid Hume
- DKarl Marx
50Scottish empiricist
- AAdam Smith
- BJohn Locke
- CThomas Reid
- DKarl Marx
51sensation and reflection
- ADavid Hume
- BJohn Locke
- CImmanuel Kant
- DGeorge Berkeley
52skepticism
- AJohn Locke
- BDavid Hume
- CGeorge Berkeley
- DImmanuel Kant
53Categorical Imperative
- ADavid Hume
- BJohn Locke
- CImmanuel Kant
- DGeorge Berkeley
54knowledge = idea + reason + empirical demonstration
- ARene Descartes
- BImmanuel Kant
- CDavid Hume
- DGeorge Berkeley
55Four R's
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[blank_start]4[blank_end]- Areason
- Brespect
- Crights
- Dresponsibility
56Absolute Spirit is the Great Idea, the driving, rational force behind history.
- ATrue
- BFalse
57ethics of care
- AKarl Marx
- BCarol Gilligan
- CJohn Locke
- DThomas Reid
58excluded Middle
- AThomas Hobbes
- BRene Descartes
- CGottfriend Liebniz
- DDavid Hume
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