Question 1

An inference to the best explanation is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  deductive argument. 
B)  valid argument. 
C)  sound argument. 
D)  inductive argument.

Question 2

In behaviorism,our consciousness seems to have disappeared.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What philosopher argued that our individual identity depends on relationships with others,such that who we are cannot be separated from our relationship with others?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle 
B)  Hegel 
C)  Plato 
D)  George Mavrodes

Question 4

The view that humans are whatever they make themselves is termed

Accepted Answer

A)  Darwinism 
B)  Buddhism 
C)  Existentialism 
D)  Platonism

Question 5

Behaviorism began as a school of ____________________ that restricted the study of humans to what could be observed.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Behaviorism began as a school of ____________________...

Question 6

An argument whose conclusion necessarily has to be true if the premises are true is

Accepted Answer

A)  deductive 
B)  inductive

Question 7

Aristotle held that all living things have a purpose.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

All that a valid deductive argument guarantees is that if its premises are true,then the conclusion has to be ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  false 
B)  valid 
C)  sound 
D)  true

Question 9

Existentialism emphasizes the free and conscious individual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

J.J.C.Smart argued that states of consciousness are identical with states of the brain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

____________________ argued that a person's culture is the mirror through which society shows her who and what she is.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ argued that a person's culture is...

Question 12

According to Plato,humans can control their appetites and aggressive impulses through the use of their ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to Plato,humans can control their appetites...

Question 13

Freud wrote Civilization and Its Discontents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Bad faith,according to Jean-Paul Sartre,is deceiving ourselves by pretending we are free.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

One version of ____________________ is the identity theory of the mind.

Accepted Answer

The answer of One version of ____________________ is the identity...

Question 16

____________________ is the view that humans are made up of two substances.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ is the view that humans are...

Question 17

What is "psychological egoism"? Do you find it a compelling view of human nature? Why,or why not?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is "psychological egoism"? Do you find...

Question 18

The philosopher who believed that who you are depends on your relationships to others is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hegel 
B)  Plato 
C)  Taylor 
D)  Sartre

Question 19

An inference to the best explanation can be

Accepted Answer

A)  either weak or strong. 
B)  valid. 
C)  invalid. 
D)  sound.

Question 20

The view that processes such as thought and life are really nothing more than physical and chemical processes is called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The view that processes such as thought...

Exam 2: Human Nature

An inference to the best explanation is a(n)

In behaviorism,our consciousness seems to have disappeared.

What philosopher argued that our individual identity depends on relationships with others,such that who we are cannot be separated from our relationship with others?

The view that humans are whatever they make themselves is termed

Behaviorism began as a school of ____________________ that restricted the study of humans to what could be observed.

An argument whose conclusion necessarily has to be true if the premises are true is

Aristotle held that all living things have a purpose.

All that a valid deductive argument guarantees is that if its premises are true,then the conclusion has to be ____.

Existentialism emphasizes the free and conscious individual.

J.J.C.Smart argued that states of consciousness are identical with states of the brain.

____________________ argued that a person's culture is the mirror through which society shows her who and what she is.

According to Plato,humans can control their appetites and aggressive impulses through the use of their ____________________.

Freud wrote Civilization and Its Discontents.

Bad faith,according to Jean-Paul Sartre,is deceiving ourselves by pretending we are free.

One version of ____________________ is the identity theory of the mind.

____________________ is the view that humans are made up of two substances.

What is "psychological egoism"? Do you find it a compelling view of human nature? Why,or why not?

The philosopher who believed that who you are depends on your relationships to others is:

An inference to the best explanation can be

The view that processes such as thought and life are really nothing more than physical and chemical processes is called ____________________.