Test Bank For Doing Philosophy an Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 7th Edition Theodore Schick Chapters 17 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. 1) “Philosophy” means love of wisdom. ⊚ true ⊚ false 2) Philosophy tries to understand the nature of reality, knowledge, and value. ⊚ true ⊚ false 3) Philosophical problems arise when it is discovered that some of our most fundamental beliefs
contradict one another. ⊚ true ⊚ false 4) Metaphysics is the study of the physics of the metaverse. ⊚ true ⊚ false 5) Epistemology is the study of epistles. ⊚ true ⊚ false 6) Axiology is the study of the nature of value. ⊚ true ⊚ false 7) A necessary condition is a requirement. ⊚ true ⊚ false 8) A sufficient condition meets all the requirements. ⊚ true ⊚ false
9) Being a biological human being is a necessary condition for being a person. ⊚ true ⊚ false 10) Getting your head chopped off is a necessary condition for dying. ⊚ true ⊚ false 11) Something is logically impossible if it violates a law of logic. ⊚ true ⊚ false 12) Something is causally impossible if it is uncaused. ⊚ true ⊚ false 13) Whatever is logically impossible is causally impossible. ⊚ true ⊚ false 14) It is logically possible for a triangle to not have three interior angles. ⊚ true ⊚ false 15) It is logically possible for a brick to float in the air. ⊚ true ⊚ false 16) It is logically possible for pigs to fly. ⊚ true ⊚ false 17) It is logically possible to live to be 900 years old. ⊚ true ⊚ false 18) Philosophical theories cannot be tested. ⊚ true ⊚ false
19) A thought experiment can be criticized if a variable other than the one under investigation
could have produced the result. ⊚ true ⊚ false 20) Thought experiments are used in science as well as in philosophy. ⊚ true ⊚ false 21) It is not possible for a nonhuman to be a person. ⊚ true ⊚ false 22) Galileo failed to demonstrate that Aristotle's theory of motion is self-contradictory. ⊚ true ⊚ false 23) The Tooley's Cat thought experiment supports a pro-life position. ⊚ true ⊚ false 24) Thomson's Diseased Musician thought experiment shows that killing innocent persons is
always wrong. ⊚ true ⊚ false 25) A deductive argument in which the conclusion logically follows from the premises is said to
be cogent. ⊚ true ⊚ false 26) An inductive argument whose premises, if true, would make the conclusion probable is said
to be strong. ⊚ true ⊚ false 27) If a deductive argument is valid, its conclusion is true. ⊚ true ⊚ false
28) All sound arguments are valid. ⊚ true ⊚ false 29) If all of the premises of an argument as well as its conclusion are true, then the argument is
sound. ⊚ true ⊚ false 30) If an argument is sound, then all of its premises as well as its conclusion are true. ⊚ true ⊚ false 31) It’s impossible for a valid argument to have a false conclusion, ⊚ true ⊚ false 32) If an argument is invalid, then its conclusion is false. ⊚ true ⊚ false 33) If the premises of an argument are controversial, then the argument cannot be sound. ⊚ true ⊚ false 34) In order to determine whether an argument is alid, you must know whether the premises are
true. ⊚ true ⊚ false 35) In an inductive argument is cogent, its premises are true. ⊚ true ⊚ false 36) An inductive argument is sound if its premises are true. ⊚ true ⊚ false
37) Common premise indicator words include: thus, hence, therefore, and consequently. ⊚ true ⊚ false 38) A deductive argument is said to be valid if it's impossible for the premises to be true and the
conclusion false. ⊚ true ⊚ false 39) Denying the consequent is a valid deductive argument form. ⊚ true ⊚ false 40) Affirming the consequent is a valid deductive argument form. ⊚ true ⊚ false 41) Premises are relevant if they have no bearing on the truth of the conclusion. ⊚ true ⊚ false 42) A fallacious argument fails to provide a good reason for accepting a claim. ⊚ true ⊚ false 43) The conclusion of strong inductive argument cannot possibly be false. ⊚ true ⊚ false 44) The conclusion of a sound deductive argument is true. ⊚ true ⊚ false 45) A counterexample is a case that conflicts with a claim or theory. ⊚ true ⊚ false