Ethics Ch. 6
Determinism can be understood to mean that
there is no uncaused event.
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True
Religious determinism is the idea that our
lives are predestined.
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True
Ivan Pavlov is famous for his experiments with
human beings, getting them to salivate at the sound of a bell.
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False
B. F. Skinner based his behavioral theories on
the groundbreaking work of Heisenberg.
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False
Fatalism is the view that although things are
fixed & predetermined you behavior still makes a difference
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False
Indeterminism is the idea that some events,
especially regarding human decision making, are uncaused. If some human
decisions are uncaused then nobody is responsible for them.
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True
Hard determinism maintains that if all events
are caused there is no freedom.
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True
Soft determinism is the view that all events
are caused but there is human freedom.
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True
According to the author of the text on problem
with hard determinists is their inaccurate use of language.
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True
Soft determinism is the only acceptable theory
because it shows that freedom is impossible.
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False
Determinism means the same thing as
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Universal causation
The great exponent of physical determinism was
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Sir Isaac Newton
The great exponent economic and social
determinism was
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Karl Marx
If there are external causes for everything
you do you are a
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Hard determinist
Who argued that humans are physical beings
conditioned by their social, cultural & natural environments?
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BF Skinner
All events are caused but some are caused by
human beings is the doctrine of
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Soft determinism
Who, according to the author of the text, is
the most prominent exponent of indeterminism?
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William James
Indeterminism is the belief that
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Some things are caused
Who said that consciousness is
"intentional"?
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Edmund Husserl
Who would argue that even if you are crippled
or bing how you choose to respond to that is freedom?
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Jean-Paul Sartre
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