Phil 102A S11: Quizzes

Quiz 8
Please write your name and "Quiz 8" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. Describe the problem of Karma and free will. (5 points)
  2. What is Radhakrishnan's solution to this problem? (5 points)

Quiz 7
Please write your name and "Quiz 7" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. What does Sartre mean by "Existence comes before essence"? (4 points)
  2. What does Sartre mean by Anguish? (3 points)
  3. What does Sartre mean by Forlornness/Abandonment? (3 points)

Quiz 6
Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. What is Soft Determinism (2 points)? Why does Taylor think Soft Determinism is not a solution to the problem of free will (3 points)?
  2. What is Indeterminism (2 points)? Why does Taylor think Indeterminism is not a solution to the problem of free will (3 points)?

Quiz 5
Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. Explain Plato's Line Analogy. A picture is fine. (4 points)
  2. Explain Plato's Allegory of the Cave. A picture is fine. (6 points)

Quiz 4
Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. Define Yin (2 points).
  2. Define Yang (2 points).
  3. Explain the Daoist cosmology (4 points).
  4. According to Plato, what is the noumenal realm (2 points)?

Quiz 3
Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. According to Hume, what is an impression? (2 points) What is an idea? (2 points) According to Hume, how do we tell the difference between them? (2 points)
  2. What is one argument Hume gives for the claim that all ideas are derived from impressions? (4 points)

Quiz 2
Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. Explain Descartes' Cogito argument. (3 points)
  2. Explain Cartesian Dualism. (3 points)
  3. What is one consideration discussed in Meditation II that show that Descartes is a Rationalist? (4 points)

Quiz 1
Please write your name and "Quiz 1" on the top of your paper and answer the following questions:
  1. According to Al-Ghazali, what are the three criteria for what counts as knowledge? (2 points each)
  2. What is one potential source of "self-evident" knowledge that Al-Ghazali considers? (2 points) Why does he reject it? (2 points)
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