Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Locke denied that colors, sounds, and smells are properties of physical objects.
2. According to Locke, we directly experience the underlying substance of material objects.
3. George Berkeley claimed that matter did not exist.
4. According to Berkeley, our perceptions resemble the physical objects that cause them.
5. According to W. T. Stace, the world described by science is merely a useful fiction.


T 1. Locke denied that colors, sounds, and smells are properties of physical objects.
F 2. According to Locke, we directly experience the underlying substance of material objects.
T 3. George Berkeley claimed that matter did not exist.
F 4. According to Berkeley, our perceptions resemble the physical objects that cause them.
T 5. According to W. T. Stace, the world described by science is merely a useful fiction.

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