Question 1

What do you think it means to say that you could have done otherwise than you did?

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To say that you could have done otherwis...

Question 2

Hume defines a cause as an object that is

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A)   Followed by another object and where all objects similar to the first are followed by objects similar to the second.
B)   Followed by another object and whose appearance always brings to mind that other object.
C)   Both a and b
D)   Neither a nor b

Question 3

Stace defines "free will" as uncaused action.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

According to James, the dilemma of determinism is that

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A)   Either evil is necessary or God is.
B)   Either evil is necessary or error is.
C)   Either sin is necessary or chance is.
D)   None of the above.

Question 5

Do you experience your own decisions as choices between genuine possibilities? What does this mean for your commitment to an answer on the question of whether we have free will?

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Yes, I do experience my own decisions as...

Question 6

The soft determinist believes that only some events are deterministically caused.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Levy takes himself to have decisively refuted Frankfurt's counterexample to the principle of alternative possibilities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Frankfurt defends the view that a person is morally responsible for what he has done only if he could have done otherwise.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Jones actually performs the action only because Black forces him to.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is the proper understanding of the doctrine of necessity, according to Hume?

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According to Hume, the doctrine of neces...

Question 11

Stace argues that free will and predictability are

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A)   Compatible.
B)   Incompatible.
C)   Compulsive.
D)   Inconsistent.

Question 12

Which of the three views presented in the text do you find most compelling, and why?

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I find the third view presented in the t...

Question 13

Do you think James is right that determinism leads to a dilemma? Explain.

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Determinism is the philosophical concept...

Question 14

Nagel believes that

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A)   Determinism is incompatible with responsibility.
B)   If all of our actions were caused by our psychological states, we would not be morally responsible.
C)   It seems that we act freely.
D)   All of the above.

Question 15

Indeterminism implies chance according to James.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The case of Jones and Black supports the principle of alternative possibilities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

How does James understand chance? Why does he think it is not as bad as the determinist thinks it to be?

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William James, the American philosopher ...

Question 18

In the trial of Leopold and Loeb, Clarence Darrow argued that

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A)   Leopold and Loeb were innocent.
B)   Leopold and Loeb were not morally responsible for their actions.
C)   Leopold and Loeb should be executed.
D)   Leopold and Loeb were not legally responsible for their actions.

Question 19

How does Hume define "cause"? Explain how he arrives at this definition.

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David Hume defines "cause" as a relation...

Question 20

Hume defines "cause" in terms of the constant conjunction of events in experience.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: Free Will

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Levy takes himself to have decisively refuted Frankfurt's counterexample to the principle of alternative possibilities.

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The soft determinist believes that only some events are deterministically caused.

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Which of the three views presented in the text do you find most compelling, and why?

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The case of Jones and Black supports the principle of alternative possibilities.

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Stace defines "free will" as uncaused action.

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