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1

Which of the following expresses Socrates' position in the Meno?
A)Knowledge of mathematics arises out of recollection from a previous life.
B)Knowledge of mathematics is grounded solely in sense experience.
C)Knowledge of mathematics is relative to one's culture.
D)Knowledge of mathematics is impossible.
2

In Plato's Phaedo what is said to follow from our capacity to judge that particular things fall short of absolute equality?
A)The notion of absolute equality is self-contradictory.
B)The notion of equality has meaning only within the context of a particular culture.
C)We must have had previous knowledge of absolute equality to serve as a standard for judgments about particulars.
D)Our only understanding of equality is through sense experience.
3

Which of the following does not describe Platonic Universals/Forms?
A)eternal
B)constantly changing
C)existing as fundamental constituents of reality
D)non-physical
4

To gain any knowledge beyond his own mental existence Descartes believed it necessary to prove the existence of which of the following?
A)other human beings
B)his own body
C)an evil demon
D)God
5

Which of the statements below best expresses Descartes' view of the origin of his idea of an infinite and perfect God?
A)It was made by extrapolating from the idea of his own finite and imperfect self.
B)It is the product of recollecting a previous existence.
C)It must have been caused by an actual infinite and perfect God.
D)It's a complex idea created by putting together ideas from sense experience of the infinite and of the perfect.





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