Quiz 8 (12/4): Please write your name and "Quiz 8" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following question:
- Briefly explain the five components of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. (2 points each)
Quiz 7 (10/30): Please write your name and "Quiz 7" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following question.
- Briefly explain and define two of the three moods associated with Existentialism. (5 points each)
Quiz 6 (10/23): Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions.
- Briefly explain Hume's account of Personal Identity (3 points).
- What does Sartre mean when he claims "essence comes before existence?" (3 points) What does he mean when he claims "existence comes before essence?" (3 points) Which of these is associated with existentialism? (1 point)
Quiz 5 (10/16): Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Briefly explain the three sources of conflict discussed by Hobbes (2 points each).
- Briefly explain Hobbes' solution to the problems we face in the state of nature (4 points).
Quiz 4 (10/9): Please write your name and "Quiz 4" 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 3 (9/9): Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Briefly explain one argument that Mencius gives for the claim that human nature is fundamentally good. (5 points)
- Explain one argument Hsun-Tzu gives for the claim that human nature is fundamentally evil. (5 points)
Quiz 2 (9/2): 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 (8/26): Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Explain two similarities and two differences between the two origin stories in the Book of Genesis (2.5 points each).
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