Philosophy 101

PHILOSOPHY 101

MIDTERM #2 REVIEW

INSTRUCTOR: WILBURN

SPRING 2008

Chapter 3 - Freedom and Determinism (True/False)

1. According to hard determinism, if nothing that people did were up to them, they still would sometimes deserve our respect, admiration, gratitude, disdain, resentment, or other such attitudes. (F)

2. According to the authors, modern science proves that every event has a cause. (F)

3. According to the authors, some events on the subatomic level are believed by scientists to be uncaused. (T)

4. According to the authors, if indeterminism were true, free actions would be inexplicable. (T)

5. According to soft determinism, our belief that every event has a cause conflicts with our belief that humans have free will. (F)

6. Traditional compatibilists would maintain that the actions of a kleptomaniac are just as free as those of an ordinary thief. (T)

7. According to Frankfurt’s hierarchical compatibilism, a person can act freely even if their second-order volitions are not up to them. (T)

8. According to Hierarchical Compatiblism, you are not responsible for your actions if they are externally constrained. (F)

9. Traditional Compatibilists are considered Soft Determinists. (T)

10. D'Holbach argues that the past is fixed while the future is open to many possible outcomes. (F)

Chapter 3 - Freedom and Determinism (Multiple Choice)

11. D’Holbach’s hard determinism claimed that humans are

a. fundamentally free.

* b. not free at any one instant of their lives.

c. free in some situations and not free on other occasions.

d. none of the above. x

12. Martin Gardner’s random bombardier thought experiment shows that

a. uncaused events in the micro world can never affect the macro world.

b. causal determinism in the micro world is reflected in the macro world.

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