Question 1

Descartes wrote in everyday French.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

A posteriori knowledge is empirical knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Descartes believed that everything could be doubted.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Who developed an argument prior to Descartes that was similar to the Cogito argument?

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A)   Aristotle
B)   Augustine
C)   Lao-tzu
D)   Buddha

Question 5

An attempt to prove the existence of God by referring to the meaning of the word God is

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A)   an ontological argument
B)   a fallacious argument
C)   a cosmological argument
D)   a circular argument

Question 6

Rene Descartes was the first philosopher to study the process of thinking.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What are Descartes arguments for Cartesian dualism? Do you find them persuasive? If you do not, do you endorse monism, or not? Explain your answer.

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Descartes' arguments for Cartesian duali...

Question 8

Who developed the purest form of ontological argument?

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A)   Aquinas
B)   Augustine
C)   Aristotle
D)   Anselm

Question 9

Descartes discovered that Aristotle s writings on nature contained errors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Descartes rejected methodic doubt.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Descartes believed that there was need of a method for finding truth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Princess Elizabeth wrote Discourse on Method .

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Cogito, ergo sum is Latin for

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A)   I think, therefore I think
B)   I think, therefore I am
C)   I think, therefore I am not
D)   I think, this makes me exist

Question 14

Descartes called common sense rare .

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Descartes first wrote Rules for the Direction of the Mind .

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Descartes liked to sleep in.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Descartes held that humans are a mixture of

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A)   mind and body
B)   substance and soul
C)   love and hate
D)   desire and mind

Question 18

Rationalism holds intuition to be the primary source of knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Outline the coherence theory of truth. Do you believe that this is a correct view of what truth is, or not? Explain your answer.

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The coherence theory of truth states tha...

Question 20

What is the only thing that can give meaning to experience, according to rationalists?

Accepted Answer

A)   God
B)   Empirical evidence
C)   Reason
D)   Religion

Exam 9: The Rationalist: René Descartes

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