Phil. 102: Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry
Test 3: Philosophical Ethics
Spring, 2009 c
2009 GFDL
Reminder: All answers on this test must be your own work. See
the syllabus section “Policies” for further information. As the final
test in the course, points are deducted in accordance with the items
listed in the syllabus under the sections “Evaluation,” “Grades,”
and “Tests.” Be sure to review those sections before submitting
your test.
1 True–False Questions (60 points.)
Directions: Type out just the number of the following questions and state
whether or not the following statements are true or false. If you wish to
qualify your answer, you may do so, if you feel that a question is misleading
or ambiguous. (However, your qualification, should not change the meaning
of the question asked into a different question.)
1. In philosophical jargon, an event without a cause
and therefore without a causal explanation is defined as a “miracle.”
2. The belief that all events in the world have a
cause is called the theory of predestination.
3. The presupposition that events are either caused
or not caused leads to Hume’s Fork.
4. From a logical point of view, if psychology were to
be completely successful as a science, then human beings could not have
free will.
5. Neither the doctrine of predeterminism nor the
doctrine of predestination allow for miracles.
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