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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was also a British empiricist?
(a) John Locke.
(b) Earl Tennant.
(c) Samuel Goodwin.
(d) Peter Connor.

2. Which is the following is the best definition of the razor principle?
(a) If no term can be sliced into many parts, it can't be understood by a human mind.
(b) If no term can be imagined by the mind, it can never be fact.
(c) If no term can be balanced into equal parts, it's worthless.
(d) If no term can be proven to come from another idea, it has no meaning.

3. What does Hume say he will use to discuss passion instead of physiology?
(a) Experience.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Psychology.

4. What does Hume say would happen if you denied the existence of the 19th man of a group of twenty?
(a) There would be much immoral behavior.
(b) People would fall in love.
(c) None of the men in the group would exist.
(d) The twentieth man would not exist.

5. What kind of image does Hume say will be presented if one wheels around a burning coal with rapidity?
(a) A burning pole.
(b) A reddish orange blur.
(c) A circle of fire.
(d) Whatever your imagination allows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following passions does Hume call an emotion?

2. What kind of philosophers does Hume claim are confused themselves?

3. With what does the first truth in Hume's fork principle deal?

4. What does Hume say impressions can't tell us?

5. What is Hume's first tool of philosophical inquiry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is resemblance so important in terms of relation?

2. What is contiguity within the context of cause and effect?

3. How does Hume define malice, envy and respect?

4. What are Dr. Clarke's views on cause and effect?

5. What is the razor principle?

6. How does Hume claim an idea is formed?

7. Why does Hume think we love the rich and admire only people we know?

8. What are Hume's views on causation?

9. What does Hume say are simple perceptions?

10. What argument did Malezieu propose in terms of space and time?

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