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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for Knowledge
Skepticism

True or False



1

Limited skeptics allow that we may have some knowledge.
A)True
B)False
2

The Pyrrhonian skeptics maintained that we can never get outside our sense experience in order to tell whether or not it accurately reflects the nature of ultimate reality.
A)True
B)False
3

Descartes believed in the existence of a very powerful evil demon.
A)True
B)False
4

Hume divides perceptions into two sorts, which he calls intuitions and ideas.
A)True
B)False
5

The principle of the uniformity of nature states that although the laws of nature have operated regularly in the past we cannot assume they will continue to do so in the future.
A)True
B)False