Question 1

Kierkegaard called karma the sickness unto death.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Indeterminacy guarantees free will.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Western concept of "nihilism" is similar to the Eastern concept of "nothingness."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

__________ is the view that our every action (and every event in the universe) is known, if not also caused in advance, by God.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________ is the view that our every...

Question 5

Most contemporary philosophers believe in soft determinism, the view that human freedom and determinism are compatible positions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Kant denied determinism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

_____________ presented a similar but more joyous sentiment on the importance of freedom than Dostoyevsky.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thich Nhat Hanh 
B)  LaPlace 
C)  Frankfurt 
D)  Sartre

Question 8

Sir Arthur Eddington advanced the claim that every event in the universe was predictable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Does it make sense to praise or blame someone for something that person had no control over? If she couldn't do otherwise, would there be any justification for accolades or punishment? Discuss the correlation between moral responsibility and free will.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Does it make sense to praise or...

Question 10

__________, or freedom, is not a freedom of the self or the individual. In fact,
it is a freedom from the self and the individual, achieved only when there is no longer a self at all.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________, or freedom, is not a freedom...

Question 11

Mill began by rejecting determinism and the idea that all human actions were "necessary and inevitable" given their causes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The philosopher __________ had such confidence in the Newtonian system that he claimed that if he knew the location and motion of every object in the universe, he could predict the location and motion of every object in the universe at any time in the future.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The philosopher __________ had such confidence in...

Question 13

_____________ was a hard determinist.

Accepted Answer

A)  LaPlace 
B)  Sartre 
C)  Kant 
D)  Mill

Question 14

The basis of __________ or __________ is that we somehow carve a space within determinism for those actions that we insist on calling "free" and for which we hold ourselves and other people responsible.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The basis of __________ or __________ is...

Question 15

_____________ defended the hard determinist viewpoint so uncompromisingly that he shocked even his colleagues as well as many traditionalists.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hume 
B)  Kant 
C)  Sartre 
D)  d'Holbach

Question 16

Indeterminism claims that not every event has its sufficient natural cause; however, indeterminism still does not leave room for ____________________ because random, uncaused events are not caused by agents either.

Accepted Answer

A)  faith 
B)  soft determinism 
C)  free will 
D)  determinism

Question 17

Sartre was a defender of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  freedom 
B)  feminism 
C)  determinism 
D)  totalitarianism

Question 18

A sufficient cause is incapable of bringing the event about by itself.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

_____________, who uses Freud and psychoanalysis as the basis for his claim that all our acts are compelled and not free, insofar as all our acts are brought about by a set of psychological determinants over which we have no control.

Accepted Answer

A)  Frankfurt 
B)  Hospers 
C)  LaPlace 
D)  Kant

Question 20

Kant claimed that the basic rule of determinism, _______________, was one of the rules by which we must interpret every experience.

Accepted Answer

A)  the principle of universal causation 
B)  the principle of universal freedom 
C)  the principle of universal soft determinism 
D)  the principle of universal indeterminism

Exam 6: Freedom

Kierkegaard called karma the sickness unto death.

Indeterminacy guarantees free will.

The Western concept of "nihilism" is similar to the Eastern concept of "nothingness."

__________ is the view that our every action (and every event in the universe) is known, if not also caused in advance, by God.

Most contemporary philosophers believe in soft determinism, the view that human freedom and determinism are compatible positions.

Kant denied determinism.

_____________ presented a similar but more joyous sentiment on the importance of freedom than Dostoyevsky.

Sir Arthur Eddington advanced the claim that every event in the universe was predictable.

Does it make sense to praise or blame someone for something that person had no control over? If she couldn't do otherwise, would there be any justification for accolades or punishment? Discuss the correlation between moral responsibility and free will.

__________, or freedom, is not a freedom of the self or the individual. In fact, it is a freedom from the self and the individual, achieved only when there is no longer a self at all.

Mill began by rejecting determinism and the idea that all human actions were "necessary and inevitable" given their causes.

The philosopher __________ had such confidence in the Newtonian system that he claimed that if he knew the location and motion of every object in the universe, he could predict the location and motion of every object in the universe at any time in the future.

_____________ was a hard determinist.

The basis of or is that we somehow carve a space within determinism for those actions that we insist on calling "free" and for which we hold ourselves and other people responsible.

_____________ defended the hard determinist viewpoint so uncompromisingly that he shocked even his colleagues as well as many traditionalists.

Indeterminism claims that not every event has its sufficient natural cause; however, indeterminism still does not leave room for ____________________ because random, uncaused events are not caused by agents either.

Sartre was a defender of __________.

A sufficient cause is incapable of bringing the event about by itself.

_____________, who uses Freud and psychoanalysis as the basis for his claim that all our acts are compelled and not free, insofar as all our acts are brought about by a set of psychological determinants over which we have no control.

Kant claimed that the basic rule of determinism, _______________, was one of the rules by which we must interpret every experience.