How a person goes about formulating the evidence for a belief.

How a person goes about formulating the evidence for a belief.

Question 1

David Hume was a:

Unmitigated skeptic

Methodological skeptic

Local skeptic

Global skeptic

3 points

Question 2

By “high accessibility requirements” the internalist means:

The evidence level is so high I do not have access to it

I know, or through introspection can attain, my reasons for my beliefs

externalists do not highly cherish their epistemic obligations

all of the above

3 points

Question 3

Christopher Columbus was convinced that he discovered a route to the East Indies because it lined up with his maps and the current beliefs of his day. However, he was wrong. This example demonstrates a problem with:

A reliabilist form of justification

An evidentialist form of justification

A foundationalist form of justification

A coherentist form of justification.

3 points

Question 4

According to the presentation on skepticism, Descartes’ systematic doubt:

questioned the senses

questioned reason

both of the above

none of the above

3 points

Question 5

Rene Descartes was a:

Local skeptic

Metaphysical skeptic

Unmitigated skeptic

Global Skeptic