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Pregunta 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.
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He wanted to abandon philosophy and become an artist.
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Some truths are unknowable.
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"I think, therefore I am".
Pregunta 2
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The Mind-Body problem was proposed by...
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Rene Descartes.
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John Locke.
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Socrates.
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Plato.
Pregunta 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.
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A poor childhood, which influenced many of his existential quandaries.
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A middle-class childhood without any formal education, though he read frequently.
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A prosperous childhood with many opportunities to read and go to school, though he lacked interest and performed poorly in academia until later adulthood.
Pregunta 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
Pregunta 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.
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Analytic geometry and "I think, therefore I am".
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"I think, therefore I am", and the mind-body problem.
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"Simple Natures" and the scientific method.
Pregunta 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.
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Accept only what is said about a topic by individuals who have dedicated at least 20 years of their life to it.
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Follow only your personal affectations in deciding on the validity of a topic.
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Nothing exists, do what makes you happy.
Pregunta 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.
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had a near-death experience that encouraged him to quit the life of a soldier and return to academia.
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accidentally became mayor through a series of bizarre and incidental events, leading him to abandon the life of a recluse.
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won a pie eating contest, later referred to wryly in his personal journal as "... one of [his] life's most esteemed accomplishments".
Pregunta 8
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"Simple Natures" are...
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Elementary and fundamental properties of objects which cannot be analyzed or doubted.
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One of the five major categories of personality Descartes devised.
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The links between animals and their souls; links between humans and their souls are "Complex Natures".
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A category of sciences with true, knowable facts as determined by Descartes.
Pregunta 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.
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The speed at which you can throw a chair across the room.
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The connection between the chair and the platonic ideal of what a chair should be.
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The relative warmth or coldness of a chair in comparison to a person touching it.
Pregunta 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.
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A primary quality.
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The secret tertiary quality.
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delicious.
Pregunta 11
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According to descarte's physics, a stove would be made up of...
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earth particles.
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air particles.
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fire particles.
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water particles.
Pregunta 12
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The presented illustration was created by Descartes to display...
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How good he was at drawing faces and his expert grasp of shadows.
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His theory of reflexes.
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His concept of particle physics.
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What he considered the ideal human form to look like.
Pregunta 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.
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moved by the soul, with no major biological functions at work.
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moved mostly by pulleys and chords that all attached to a main mast in the torso.
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sinful to study.
Pregunta 14
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The latin phrase 'Cogito ergo sum', means...
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I think, therefore I am.
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Doubt everything but yourself.
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Remember you will die.
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Mind and Body are one.
Pregunta 15
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Which of the following is not one of Descarte's 'innate ideas'?
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Perfection.
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Unity.
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Infinity.
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Sight.
Pregunta 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.
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the pineal gland.
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the animal spirits.
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the heart.
Pregunta 17
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According to Descartes, passions were...
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the mind's conscious experience of turbulent animal spirits.
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caused by bloodflow directly to the pineal gland.
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completely within the realm of the mind, and absent in the body.
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an illusion.
Pregunta 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.
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air his grievances on the needless, pedantic nature of social niceties.
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criticize and deconstruct the works of Descartes.
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work as a rebuttal against Leibnetz's concepts posed in 'The Monadology'.
Pregunta 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'.
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Born as 'blank slates' without sin, and free to learn from experience.
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A 'blank slate' for parents to impress their will into the future.
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Largely independent and require little more attention than a piece of slate.
Pregunta 20
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The two experiences Locke proposed were...
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Sensations of objects and Reflections of mental ongoings.
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Sensations of objects and Introspection of physical sensation.
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Reflections of mental ongoings and Introspection of physical sensation.
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Conflict of passions and Objectivity of sensations.
Pregunta 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
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complex ideas
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subjective ideas
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objective ideas
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complex idea
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simple idea
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subjective idea
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objective idea
Pregunta 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
Pregunta 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.
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demonstrative knowledge.
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sensitive knowledge.
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foolish.
Pregunta 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)
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accidental (similiarity)
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illogical
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concrete
Pregunta 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).
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Elaboration of binary arithmetic (representation of all numbers using ones and zeroes).
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Infinitesimal calculus,
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The Cartesian plane.
Pregunta 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.
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Continuity and change as important features of the world ; the mechanical properties of all living things.
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Non-concrete variables that nevertheless predict reality ; Math as the basis for all human understanding.
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Non-concrete variables that nevertheless predict reality ; All that is true is immobile and unchangeable.
Pregunta 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.
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Financed Leibniz's work entirely.
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Disagreed vehemently with Leibniz's work, and eventually had him exiled for it.
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Were hired by Locke to spy on Leibniz.
Pregunta 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.
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Descartes was correct on his assumption that humans are automata.
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Humans are single-celled organisms.
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Windmill power can be used to power positively everything, provided the windmills are large, plentiful enough, and aimed in the correct direction.
Pregunta 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.
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The ideal, theoretical form of a windmill.
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A series of short essays on the concept of self and his proposed hierarchy of organisms.
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The different tiers in his organization of living organisms on a hierarchical scale.
Pregunta 30
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According to Leibniz, the soul of an animal would be comprised of...
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bare monads.
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sentient monads.
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rational monads.
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supreme monads.
Pregunta 31
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According to Leibniz, one of the important traits of 'rational monads' is...
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Sight.
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Apperception.
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A sixth, undefineable sense.
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Connection to a soul.
Pregunta 32
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Leibniz believed in Descarte's innate ideas as 'necessary truths'.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 33
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Leibniz's 'apperception' was similar in concept to Locke's 'reflections'.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 34
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The 'minute perceptions' of bare monads are...
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usually non-conscious.
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immediately perceptible.
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activated only in deep sleep.
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non-existent in humans.
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