Quiz 6: Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Briefly explain the five components of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. (2 points for each component)
Quiz 5: Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Explain the Turing test (4 points).
- Explain Searle's Chinese Room argument (4 points).
- Do you think Searle's Chinese Room Argument effectively refutes the Turing test? Why or why not (2 points)?
Quiz 4: Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Explain two forms of doubt that Descartes considers. For each form of doubt, be sure to explain the nature of that doubt (2 points), the beliefs called into question by that form of doubt (1 point), and the beliefs that survive that form of doubt (1 point).
- Briefly explain Descartes' Cogito argument. (2 points)
Quiz 3: Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Explain Plato's Allegory of the Cave (a picture is fine). (6 points)
- What is one conclusion or implication we can draw from this allegory? (4 points)
Quiz 2: Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:- According to Hinduism, what accounts for all the multiplicity and diversity we observe in the natural world? (4 points)
- According to Hinduism, what is the cause of human suffering? (3 points)
- How do we overcome this suffering? (3 points)
Quiz 1: Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:- Briefly describe two similarities and two differences between the two origin stories in the Old Testament Book of Genesis. (2.5 points each)
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