Question 1

According to libertarianism, there are no free actions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Second-order desires are directed on ____.

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A)   persons
B)   objects
C)   states of affairs
D)   first-order desiresE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

In Taylor's Ingenious Physiologist thought experiment, the agent's

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A)   desires have planted in his will by someone else.
B)   actions are externally constrained.
C)   actions are not caused by his will.
D)   none of these.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Indeterminists claim that insofar as nothing causes human actions, those actions are free.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Taylor's Ingenious Physiologist thought experiment is intended to show that you do not act freely if your desires are not your own.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

According to hard determinists, we think we are free but we really are not because:

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A)   we do not know the causes of our actions.
B)   our actions have no causes.
C)   our choices have no causes.
D)   we do not know the future.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Compatibilists claim that human actions can be free and determined at the same time.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Compatibilists argue for the possibility of free will by arguing that some of our actions (i.e. the free ones) don't have causes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Critics of indeterminism claim that if free actions are uncaused, then

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A)   no one can be held responsible for them.
B)   they can't be explained.
C)   All of the above.
D)   None of the above.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Gardner's Random Bombardier thought experiment shows that randomness at the micro level has no effect on the macro level.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Frankfurt, the second-order desires which one decisively identifies with and wants to act on are called

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A)   first-order desires.
B)   second-order volitions.
C)   third-order desires.
D)   impulses.
E)   decision inducers.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 12

Determinism differs from fatalism insofar as it maintains that

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A)   if the past were different, the future would be different.
B)   there is only one possible future.
C)   we are powerless to change the future.
D)   we cannot escape our fate.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

Laplace's Superbeing thought experiment is intended to show that if causal determinism is true

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A)   a Superbeing could precisely predict the future and retrodict the past.
B)   even a Superbeing could not precisely predict the future.
C)   some beings in the universe have free will.
D)   free will is inherent in the properties of the universe.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Slote's Hypnotized Patient thought experiment is intended to show that there must be more to acting freely than acting on second-order volitions with which you decisively identify.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to libertarianism, would LaPlace's superbeing (who knows all the physical facts about the universe and can perform instantaneous calculations) be able to predict your behavior with 100% accuracy? Why or why not?

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According to libertarianism, LaPlace's s...

Question 16

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Newcomb's Paradox thought experiment is intended to show that

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A)   there is no supreme being.
B)   rational decision-making is impossible.
C)   there is no conflict between commonly accepted principles of rational decision-making.
D)   there is a conflict between two commonly accepted principles of rational decision-making.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

According to indeterminists, free actions are events that are caused by our desires.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Does science or common sense prove that we have no free will? Why or why not?

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The question of whether we have free wil...

Question 20

We are entitled to believe that we act freely until we are proven wrong.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Free Will and Determinism

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Second-order desires are directed on ____.

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According to indeterminists, free actions are events that are caused by our desires.

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According to hard determinists, we think we are free but we really are not because:

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We are entitled to believe that we act freely until we are proven wrong.

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

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According to libertarianism, would LaPlace's superbeing (who knows all the physical facts about the universe and can perform instantaneous calculations) be able to predict your behavior with 100% accuracy? Why or why not?

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Newcomb's Paradox thought experiment is intended to show that

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Gardner's Random Bombardier thought experiment shows that randomness at the micro level has no effect on the macro level.

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Taylor's Ingenious Physiologist thought experiment is intended to show that you do not act freely if your desires are not your own.

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Indeterminists claim that insofar as nothing causes human actions, those actions are free.

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Compatibilists claim that human actions can be free and determined at the same time.

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According to libertarianism, there are no free actions.

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Critics of indeterminism claim that if free actions are uncaused, then

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Does science or common sense prove that we have no free will? Why or why not?

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Determinism differs from fatalism insofar as it maintains that

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In Taylor's Ingenious Physiologist thought experiment, the agent's

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According to Frankfurt, the second-order desires which one decisively identifies with and wants to act on are called

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Compatibilists argue for the possibility of free will by arguing that some of our actions (i.e. the free ones) don't have causes.

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