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- 1. Multiple Choice
Do direct realists believe that the objects of our perception are mind-independent?
Yes, objects exist independently to us
No, our perceptions are sense data
Yes, but we do not know what they are like
No, because when we see objects we think of them
- 2. Multiple Choice
Do indirect realists believe that objects are material?
No, because they can only ever experience sense data
No, because solidity (materiality) is a primary quality within sense data
Yes, because you feel objects even when you aren't perceiving them
Yes, because it is the best hypothesis
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is sense data?
Our imagination
Un-analysed direct experiences in the mind
Our perceptions of objects
Qualities of objects like colour and texture
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of these are arguments against direct realism?
Perceptual variation
Hallucination and Illusion
Relational Property
Causal argument
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these arguments belongs to Bertrand Russell?
Perceptual Variation
Cogito ergo sum
Best Hypothesis
Relational Property
- 6. Multiple Choice
A synthetic statement is one which requires no empirical proof in order to be true and believed.
True
False
This has nothing to do with synthetic statements
- 7. Multiple Choice
A contingent truth is one which both could and could not be true.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
John Locke is...
An empiricist
A direct realist
An indirect realist
A sceptic
- 9. Multiple Choice
Hallucinations cause problems for direct realists because...
They confuse them
Not everyone who has hallucinations is sick or mentally unwell
They prove that you cannot always see the veridical truth of object directly
They suggest that everything could be a dream and so tends towards idealism
- 10. Multiple Choice
Value is a...
Primary Quality
Secondary Quality
It is not a quality of an object, but an opinion of mine
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following arguments belong to John Locke for the existence of the external world?
Someone with no eyes could not experience sight sense data
The lack of choice over our experiences
It makes the most sense for the material world to exist
The coherence of various senses
If you put a hot and cold hand into lukewarm water, the water appears both hot and cold.
- 12. Multiple Choice
An "a priori" argument is one which...
Requires actual proof of the idea to be believed
Takes priority over other arguments
Is popular in philosophy
is believed without any empirical proof to confirm it
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