The Role of Reason in Knowledge
| Description: This quiz is designed to assess your understanding of the role of reason in knowledge acquisition and justification. | |
| Number of Questions: 15 | |
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| Tags: philosophy epistemology reason |
Which philosophical school of thought emphasizes the role of reason in knowledge acquisition?
According to rationalists, what is the primary source of knowledge?
Which rationalist philosopher famously argued that 'I think, therefore I am'?
What is the term for the idea that certain truths are known through reason alone, without the need for sensory experience?
Which philosopher argued that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience?
According to empiricists, what is the primary source of knowledge?
Which empiricist philosopher famously argued that 'nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses'?
What is the term for the idea that knowledge is derived from both reason and sensory experience?
Which philosopher famously argued that 'the only test of the validity of a judgment is the success of its practical consequences'?
What is the term for the idea that knowledge is justified by its practical usefulness?
Which philosopher famously argued that 'reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions'?
What is the term for the idea that knowledge is limited to what can be verified through sensory experience?
Which philosopher famously argued that 'all is flux, nothing stays still'?
What is the term for the idea that knowledge is impossible due to the unreliability of sensory experience and the limitations of reason?
Which philosopher famously argued that 'the unexamined life is not worth living'?