Phil 205 S13: Quizzes

Quiz 9: Please write your name and "Quiz 9" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. Define 'external realism.' (2 points)
  2. Define 'absolutism.' (2 points)
  3. Define 'individual relativism.' (2 points)
  4. Define 'cultural relativism.' (2 points)
  5. Define 'conceptual relativism.' (2 points)

Quiz 8: Please write your name and "Quiz 8" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. In class we discussed 6 features of the theory of evolution. Describe two of them. (2 points each)
  2. How did we define Intelligent Design? (2 points)
  3. Explain one of the arguments for Intelligent Design that we discussed in class. (4 points)
Quiz 7: Please write your name and "Quiz 7" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following question:
  1. List and briefly explain the five Criteria of Adequacy. (2 points each)
Quiz 6: Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. Briefly explain the three foundational axioms of science. (2 points each)
  2. Briefly describe one of the research methodologies we discussed in class. (4 points)
Quiz 5: Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. What is cryptomnesia? (2 points)
  2. Explain the Forer Effect (2 points).
  3. Explain the Milgram Experiment (3 points)? What does this experiment tell us about human nature (3 points)?
Quiz 4: Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions.
  1. Describe one of the perceptual constancies we discussed in class (2 points).
  2. What is pareidolia (2 points)? Give an example (2 points).
  3. Describe one of the memory experiments conducted by Elizabeth Loftus that we discussed in class (4 points).
Quiz 3: Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions.
  1. What is Hepatoscopy? (2 points)
  2. According to our textbook, what conditions must be satisfied in order for us to be able to claim that we possess knowledge? (4 points)
  3. What are two situations discussed in class in which we should be suspicious or concerned about the truth of a proposition? (2 points each)
Quiz 2: Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions.
  1. Briefly explain one of the forms of induction we discussed in class (4 points). What is one consideration that would make this type of inductive argument stronger or weaker (2 points)?
  2. Give an example of a valid deductive argument that has one true premise, one false premise, and a true conclusion (4 points).
Quiz 1: Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. Briefly explain the three laws of thought. (2 points each)
  2. Briefly describe two of the forms of possibility we discussed in class. (2 points each)
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