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Question 1

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Encountering the automatons at the River Seine gave Rene Descartes the idea that...
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  • Human bodies may function similarly to automatons.
  • He wanted to abandon philosophy and become an artist.
  • Some truths are unknowable.
  • "I think, therefore I am".

Question 2

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The Mind-Body problem was proposed by...
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  • Rene Descartes.
  • John Locke.
  • Socrates.
  • Plato.

Question 3

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The following best describes Rene Descarte's upbringing in France:
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  • A prosperous childhood, with many books to read and progressive education.
  • A poor childhood, which influenced many of his existential quandaries.
  • A middle-class childhood without any formal education, though he read frequently.
  • A prosperous childhood with many opportunities to read and go to school, though he lacked interest and performed poorly in academia until later adulthood.

Question 4

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Descartes joined the Protestant army in attempting to learn if there was more knowledge in the 'real world' than academia.
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  • True
  • False

Question 5

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During his time with the Catholic forces in southern Germany, Descartes had the following two insights:
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  • "Simple Natures" and analytic geometry.
  • Analytic geometry and "I think, therefore I am".
  • "I think, therefore I am", and the mind-body problem.
  • "Simple Natures" and the scientific method.

Question 6

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The 'first rule' in Descarte's concept of "Simple Natures" was...
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  • Never accept anything as true unless there was positively no occasion or reason to doubt.
  • Accept only what is said about a topic by individuals who have dedicated at least 20 years of their life to it.
  • Follow only your personal affectations in deciding on the validity of a topic.
  • Nothing exists, do what makes you happy.

Question 7

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In the German city of Ulm, Descartes...
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  • had a series of vivid dreams that became the basis of his method of obtaining knowledge.
  • had a near-death experience that encouraged him to quit the life of a soldier and return to academia.
  • accidentally became mayor through a series of bizarre and incidental events, leading him to abandon the life of a recluse.
  • won a pie eating contest, later referred to wryly in his personal journal as "... one of [his] life's most esteemed accomplishments".

Question 8

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"Simple Natures" are...
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  • Elementary and fundamental properties of objects which cannot be analyzed or doubted.
  • One of the five major categories of personality Descartes devised.
  • The links between animals and their souls; links between humans and their souls are "Complex Natures".
  • A category of sciences with true, knowable facts as determined by Descartes.

Question 9

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An example of the physical property of 'extension', one of the two physical properties deemed undoubtable by Descartes, is...
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  • The amount of space occupied by a chair.
  • The speed at which you can throw a chair across the room.
  • The connection between the chair and the platonic ideal of what a chair should be.
  • The relative warmth or coldness of a chair in comparison to a person touching it.

Question 10

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According to Galileo's theory of primary and secondary qualities, which is somewhat similar to Descarte's physical properties concept, the smell of a freshly baked pie is...
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  • A secondary quality.
  • A primary quality.
  • The secret tertiary quality.
  • delicious.

Question 11

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According to descarte's physics, a stove would be made up of...
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  • earth particles.
  • air particles.
  • fire particles.
  • water particles.

Question 12

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The presented illustration was created by Descartes to display...
Image:
Descartes Reflex (image/jpeg)
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  • How good he was at drawing faces and his expert grasp of shadows.
  • His theory of reflexes.
  • His concept of particle physics.
  • What he considered the ideal human form to look like.

Question 13

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Descartes determined that the movement of the body was...
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  • largely mechanistic and reliant on 'animal spirits' for movement.
  • moved by the soul, with no major biological functions at work.
  • moved mostly by pulleys and chords that all attached to a main mast in the torso.
  • sinful to study.

Question 14

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The latin phrase 'Cogito ergo sum', means...
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  • I think, therefore I am.
  • Doubt everything but yourself.
  • Remember you will die.
  • Mind and Body are one.

Question 15

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Which of the following is not one of Descarte's 'innate ideas'?
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  • Perfection.
  • Unity.
  • Infinity.
  • Sight.

Question 16

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In Descarte's theory of mind-body interactive dualism, he considered that the mind and the body interact through...
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  • the brain.
  • the pineal gland.
  • the animal spirits.
  • the heart.

Question 17

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According to Descartes, passions were...
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  • the mind's conscious experience of turbulent animal spirits.
  • caused by bloodflow directly to the pineal gland.
  • completely within the realm of the mind, and absent in the body.
  • an illusion.

Question 18

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John Locke's book, 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding', aimed to...
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  • illuminate what can be known by the human mind.
  • air his grievances on the needless, pedantic nature of social niceties.
  • criticize and deconstruct the works of Descartes.
  • work as a rebuttal against Leibnetz's concepts posed in 'The Monadology'.

Question 19

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John Locke's theory, 'Tabula Rasa', suggested that infants are...
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  • Inherently evil, and must spend their lives 'cleaning their slate'.
  • Born as 'blank slates' without sin, and free to learn from experience.
  • A 'blank slate' for parents to impress their will into the future.
  • Largely independent and require little more attention than a piece of slate.

Question 20

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The two experiences Locke proposed were...
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  • Sensations of objects and Reflections of mental ongoings.
  • Sensations of objects and Introspection of physical sensation.
  • Reflections of mental ongoings and Introspection of physical sensation.
  • Conflict of passions and Objectivity of sensations.

Question 21

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According to Locke, when describing a cat, soft, brown and fluffy would be [blank_start]simple ideas[blank_end], forming to gether to make the concept of 'cat', a [blank_start]complex idea[blank_end].
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  • simple ideas
  • complex ideas
  • subjective ideas
  • objective ideas
  • complex idea
  • simple idea
  • subjective idea
  • objective idea

Question 22

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According to Locke, complex ideas can be non-existent, provided all of the compositional simple ideas have been experienced.
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  • True
  • False

Question 23

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According to Locke, feeling something hot and something cold, and acknowledging that there is an immediately knowable difference between them is...
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  • intuitive knowledge.
  • demonstrative knowledge.
  • sensitive knowledge.
  • foolish.

Question 24

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According to Locke's 'association of ideas', the association between 'pain' and 'being stabbed' would be a(n) ________ association.
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  • natural (contiguity)
  • accidental (similiarity)
  • illogical
  • concrete

Question 25

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Which of the following was NOT one of Leibnitz's contributions to the field of mathematics?
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  • A mathematical calculating machine (a precursor to modern computers).
  • Elaboration of binary arithmetic (representation of all numbers using ones and zeroes).
  • Infinitesimal calculus,
  • The Cartesian plane.

Question 26

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From his work in arithemetic with infinitesimals, Leibniz took away two important general ideas:
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  • Continuity and change as important features of the world ; non-concrete variables that nevertheless predict reality.
  • Continuity and change as important features of the world ; the mechanical properties of all living things.
  • Non-concrete variables that nevertheless predict reality ; Math as the basis for all human understanding.
  • Non-concrete variables that nevertheless predict reality ; All that is true is immobile and unchangeable.

Question 27

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Sophie the Countess Palatine and her daughter, Sophie Charlotte...
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  • Provided an audience for Leibniz's philosophical ideals.
  • Financed Leibniz's work entirely.
  • Disagreed vehemently with Leibniz's work, and eventually had him exiled for it.
  • Were hired by Locke to spy on Leibniz.

Question 28

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Leibnitz's concept of the world, as described in The Monadology, is that...
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  • The world is comprised of a hierarchy of smaller organisms residing within larger organisms.
  • Descartes was correct on his assumption that humans are automata.
  • Humans are single-celled organisms.
  • Windmill power can be used to power positively everything, provided the windmills are large, plentiful enough, and aimed in the correct direction.

Question 29

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Leibniz's 'monads' are:
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  • Dynamic, energetic entities with self-awareness and the ability to propagate matter in motion.
  • The ideal, theoretical form of a windmill.
  • A series of short essays on the concept of self and his proposed hierarchy of organisms.
  • The different tiers in his organization of living organisms on a hierarchical scale.

Question 30

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According to Leibniz, the soul of an animal would be comprised of...
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  • bare monads.
  • sentient monads.
  • rational monads.
  • supreme monads.

Question 31

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According to Leibniz, one of the important traits of 'rational monads' is...
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  • Sight.
  • Apperception.
  • A sixth, undefineable sense.
  • Connection to a soul.

Question 32

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Leibniz believed in Descarte's innate ideas as 'necessary truths'.
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  • True
  • False

Question 33

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Leibniz's 'apperception' was similar in concept to Locke's 'reflections'.
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  • True
  • False

Question 34

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The 'minute perceptions' of bare monads are...
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  • usually non-conscious.
  • immediately perceptible.
  • activated only in deep sleep.
  • non-existent in humans.
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