Deck 6: Freedom Versus Determinism

Question 1

Determinism means the same thing as

A)fatalism.
B)destiny.
C)universal causation.
D)chance.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

If there are external causes for everything you do you are a

A)hard determinist.
B)soft determinist.
C)indeterminist.
D)fatalist.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Determinism can be understood to mean that there is no uncaused event.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Indeterminism is the belief that

A)some things are caused.
B)all things are caused.
C)nothing is caused.
D)nothing is caused except human actions.

Question 5

Who, according to the author of the text, is the most prominent exponent of indeterminism?

A)William James
B)Henry Ford
C)Sigmund Freud
D)Karl Marx

Question 6

The great exponent of physical determinism was

A)John Calvin.
B)Sir Isaac Newton.
C)Charles Darwin.
D)George Hegel.

Question 7

According to the author of the text, one problem with hard determinists is their inaccurate use of language.

Question 8

Fatalism is the view that although things are fixed and predetermined your behavior still makes a difference.

Question 9

The great exponent of economic and social determinism was

A)Adam Smith.
B)Karl Marx.
C)John Hospers.
D)William James.

Question 10

Soft determinism is the only acceptable theory because it shows that freedom is impossible.

Question 11

Who said that consciousness is "intentional"?

A)Sigmund Freud
B)Ivan Pavlov
C)Fred Flintstone
D)Edmund Husserl

Question 12

Religious determinism is the idea that our lives are predestined.

Question 13

Who would argue that even if you are crippled or blind how you choose to respond to that is freedom?

A)B.F.Skinner
B)Jean-Paul Sartre
C)Paul Churchland
D)Isaac Newton

Question 14

Hard determinism maintains that if all events are caused there is no freedom.

Question 15

Ivan Pavlov is famous for his experiments with human beings, getting them to salivate at the sound of a bell.

Question 16

Soft determinism is the view that all events are caused but there is human freedom.

Question 17

All events are caused but some are caused by human beings is the doctrine of

A)hard determinism.
B)soft determinism.
C)soft indeterminism.
D)hard indeterminism.

Question 18

B.F.Skinner based his behavioral theories on the groundbreaking work of Heisenberg.

Question 19

Who argued that humans are physical beings conditioned by their social, cultural, and natural environments?

A)Karl Marx
B)Sigmund Freud
C)B.F.Skinner
D)Henri Bergson

Question 20

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.