Introduction to Philosophy 1. According to Einstein, _________ will be perceived the same whether the observer is moving or not.

Introduction to Philosophy

1. According to Einstein, _________ will be perceived the same whether the observer is

moving or not.

Space-time continuum

String theory

The speed of light

Theory of Relativity

2. Einstein’s theory about the ______implies that reality has four dimensions, not three.

Space-time continuum

String theory

The speed of light

Theory of Relativity

3. _______________is based on the claim that the ultimate building blocks of reality aren’t subatomic particles, but even smaller vibrating one-dimensional strings of energy.

Space-time continuum

String theory

The speed of light

Theory of Relativity

4. The world of subatomic particles spawned a separate branch of physics called quan- tum mechanics.

True

False

5. Imagine two twins. One gets onto a space ship and travels close to the speed of light for what the ship’s clocks record as a few months. The other twin remains on earth. When the space ship returns, there will be no difference in their ages.

True

False

6. Imagine that you are standing still, while a friend of yours is on a train heading north. You see two lightning bolts strike the ground at the same instant – one to the north and the other to the south. Einstein would say that your friend on the train experi- ences things differently, seeing the northern bolt strike before the southern bolt.

True

False

7. Unlike Newton, Einstein believes that space is constant and absolute and cannot “bend.”

True

True

Kohlberg’s

Gilligan’s

Perry

10. If we are at Perry’s second stage, “ unacceptable multiplicity,” and we hear two op- posite accounts of the causes of the Reformation, we would probably think that one, but only one, of the two accounts is true.

A. True B. False

11. In Belenky’s first stage, “____________,” knowledge is what some external authority says it is.

Constructed knowledge

Received knowledge

Subjective knowledge

Constructed knowledge

Received knowledge

Subjective knowledge

Procedural knowledge

13. If we combine the two perspectives represented by Kohlberg and Gilligan, the prob- lem of the moral justification of an action becomes more difficult and involved.

A. True B. False

14. Sex refers to societal roles, whereas gender refers to biology.

A. True B. False

15. In Perry’s final stage, “relativism,” we generally believe that truth is a function of cultural norms.

A. True B. False

16. According to Gilligan, in the view of most women, “the moral person is one who can understand and act in accordance with philosophical principles such as Kant’s ‘cat- egorical imperative’”

A. True B. False

17. “Human” and “person” are different, but related, ideas. “Human” is a biological concept, while “person” is a _____________ concept.

A. Theological B. Philosophical C. Scientific
D. Emotional

18. Humans’ curiosity about dolphins can be traced back at least to ancient__________.

A. Rome
B. China
C. Greece
D. None of the above

19. The one dolphin sense that acts as both their eyes and ears in the water is like the modern human sonar system onboard submarines.

A. True B. False

20. Dolphins have a body temperature of _________ degrees.

A. 98.6 B. 96.8 C. 90.2 D. 92.2

21. As far as the criteria for “personhood” are concerned, dolphins probably do possess “awareness” because the fact that they can be so easily trained shows that they are

aware of the external world and able to interact with it.

A. True B. False

22. The fact that dolphins can perform leaps, dives and flips on cue from trainers: prove that dolphins are not intelligent enough to be persons, because persons would not perform such menial behaviors.

A. True B. False

23. In terms of the criteria for personhood developed in this chapter, dolphins, on bal- ance, did pretty well.

A. True B. False

24. Dolphins live very solitary lives.

A. True B. False

25. One reason for choosing dolphins for such an inquiry is that it lets us keep the con- cept “person” from being too heavily colored by the notion “human.” This is possible because there are substantial differences between humans and dolphins.

A. True B. False