Quiz 2 True/False

Question 1

alethic relativism is a psychological obstacle to critical thinking

Answer 1

False: it is a philosophical obstacle

Question 2

Socrates argued for alethic relativism

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Protagoras advocated both alethic and moral relativism

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Gorgia advocated global skepticism

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Socrates argued that if everyone believed in global skepticism, then critical thinking would die out

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Socrates argued that if alethic relativism is true, then nobody can ever err

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Gorgias believed that the purpose of reasoning is to find the truth

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Socrates believed that truth is a purely subjective matter

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Gorgias believed that we can know objective truth

Answer 9

False

Question 10

One problem with cultural moral relativism is that if it is true, then moral progress is impossible.

Answer 10

true

Question 11

One problem with individual moral relativism is that if it is true, then nobody has ever been mistaken on a moral matter

Answer 11

True

Question 12

The individual form of moral relativism is called “moral subjectivism”

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Socrates was a moral subjectivist

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Socrates was a sophist

Answer 14

False: Protagoras and Gorgias was a sophist

Question 15

Epistemology is the study of opinion

Answer 15

False: it is the theory of knowledge

Question 16

According to the JTB account of knowledge, the following three conditions are required for real knowledge, that is, Justification, truth, and belief

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Background information never changes

Answer 17

False

Question 18

According to the text, expert testimony should always be trusted.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

The principle of testimony states that testimony should be accepted unless we have good reason to doubt it.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Thomas Reid advocated the principle of testimony

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Sense experience, such as the smell of a rose, and personal experience are one and the same thing

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Personal experience can never be mistaken

Answer 22

False

Question 23

According to the text, experts are generally trustworthy in every area of thought, including areas outside their area of expertise.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Expert testimony is always infallible

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Memory is infallible

Answer 25

False

Question 26

An interested party is someone who is interested in a subject

Answer 26

False: person that gains something if a claim is found to be true

Question 27

the cognitive biases have no effect on the way one interprets personal experiences

Answer 27

False

Question 28

the text argues that expert testimony is never to be questioned

Answer 28

False

Question 29

an expert in one area is usually a good source of knowledge in any other area as well

Answer 29

False