Quiz 9 (12/10): Please write your name and "Quiz 9" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - What is meant by "Posthuman?" (3 points)
- What is meant by "Transhuman?" (3 points)
- Briefly explain one example of the Post- or Transhuman from the film AI:Artificial Intelligence. (4 points)
Quiz 8 (11/5): Please write your name and "Quiz 8" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - In class we discussed 5 features of Darwin's theory of evolution. Briefly describe three of them (2 points each).
- According to Darwin, what is the unit of evolution for human beings? (2 points)
- According to Darwin, what distinguishes humans from other animals? (2 points)
Quiz 7 (10/29): Please write your name and "Quiz 7" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - What does Sartre mean when he claims "essence comes before existence?" (4 points)
- What does Sartre mean when he claims "existence comes before essence?" (4 points)
- Which of these is associated with existentialism? (2 points)
Quiz 6 (10/22): Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - According to Hume, what is an impression (3 points)? What is an idea (3 points)?
- According to Hume, how do we distinguish between ideas and impressions (2 points)?
- What is Hume's First Principle of Human Nature (2 points)?
Quiz 5 (10/15): Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - Explain the Turing Test for machine intelligence. (5 points)
- Explain Searle's Chinese Room Argument. Be sure to explain how it responds to the Turing Test. (5 points)
Quiz 4 (10/8): Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - In class we discussed three forms of doubt Descartes employed. Describe two of them. Be sure to explain the nature of the doubt (3 points each), the beliefs that form of doubt calls into question (1 point each), and which beliefs survive that form of doubt (1 point each).
Quiz 3 (9/15): Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - Briefly explain one argument Mencius gives for the claim that human nature is fundamentally good. (5 points)
- Briefly explain one argument Hsun-tzu gives for the claim that human nature is fundamentally evil? (5 points)
Quiz 2 (9/10): Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions: - Within the Hindu tradition we studied, what is the cause of human suffering (2 points)? How do we overcome this suffering (2 points)?
- In Confucianism, what is meant by the "Decree of Heaven" (3 points?)
- In Confucianism, what is meant by "Destiny" (3 points)?
Quiz 1: Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:- Describe two similarities and two differences between the the two origin stories in the Book of Genesis. (2.5 points each)
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