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[Show more]What does Aristotle mean by the efficient cause of a thing? CORRECT ANSWERS: Where it came from. 
 
Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics? CORRECT ANSWERS: The experienced world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality. 
 
What did the Atomists do? CORRECT ANSWERS: T...
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Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics? CORRECT ANSWERS: The experienced world is a manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality. 
 
What did the Atomists do? CORRECT ANSWERS: T...
Aristotle's primary area of interest was CORRECT ANSWERS: metaphysics. 
 
Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to describe the ways in which humans think about things? CORRECT ANSWERS: weight 
 
How many souls did Aristotle believe humans have? CORRECT ANS...
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Add to cartAristotle's primary area of interest was CORRECT ANSWERS: metaphysics. 
 
Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to describe the ways in which humans think about things? CORRECT ANSWERS: weight 
 
How many souls did Aristotle believe humans have? CORRECT ANS...
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What is the cause of change for Empedocles? CORRECT ANSWERS: Love and strife. 
 
Three of Plato's more enlightening and well-known dialogs are: CORRECT ANSWERS: Apology, Republic and Meno 
 
What is a syllogism? CORRECT ANSWERS: A kind of inference 
 
What did Aristotle say about all change? CO...
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Add to cartWhat is the cause of change for Empedocles? CORRECT ANSWERS: Love and strife. 
 
Three of Plato's more enlightening and well-known dialogs are: CORRECT ANSWERS: Apology, Republic and Meno 
 
What is a syllogism? CORRECT ANSWERS: A kind of inference 
 
What did Aristotle say about all change? CO...
Aristotle's primary area of interest was correct answer: metaphysics. 
 
Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to describe the ways in which humans think about things? correct answer: weight 
 
How many souls did Aristotle believe humans have? correct answer...
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Add to cartAristotle's primary area of interest was correct answer: metaphysics. 
 
Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to describe the ways in which humans think about things? correct answer: weight 
 
How many souls did Aristotle believe humans have? correct answer...
The four main division of philosophy are metaphysic, logic, axiology, and__________. 
A) Reason 
B) Epistemology 
C) Philosophy of religion 
D) Deduction correct answer: Epistemology 
 
Which Greek philosopher never wrote anything? 
A) Socrates 
B) Aristotle 
C) Plato 
D) Pythagoras correct answer:...
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Add to cartThe four main division of philosophy are metaphysic, logic, axiology, and__________. 
A) Reason 
B) Epistemology 
C) Philosophy of religion 
D) Deduction correct answer: Epistemology 
 
Which Greek philosopher never wrote anything? 
A) Socrates 
B) Aristotle 
C) Plato 
D) Pythagoras correct answer:...
Existentialism correct answer: The belief that traditional philosophy is irrelevant to real life, and that it should focus on the individual and their everyday confrontation with the world. The world is irrational, absurd, cannot be explained, and trivial. We are unable to effectively communicate. ...
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Add to cartExistentialism correct answer: The belief that traditional philosophy is irrelevant to real life, and that it should focus on the individual and their everyday confrontation with the world. The world is irrational, absurd, cannot be explained, and trivial. We are unable to effectively communicate. ...
Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to values? correct answer: Metaphysics 
 
In philosophy, what is an argument? correct answer: Giving reasons for a belief. 
 
What fallacy is it when an argument assumes only two options when in fact there are more? c...
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Add to cartWhich of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to values? correct answer: Metaphysics 
 
In philosophy, what is an argument? correct answer: Giving reasons for a belief. 
 
What fallacy is it when an argument assumes only two options when in fact there are more? c...
In what does human happiness consist, according to Aristotle? correct answer: All of the above. ( Pleasure.Intellectual virtue.Moral virtue.) 
 
Antirepresentationalists like Richard Rorty always deny this claim. correct answer: True beliefs somehow picture or mirror reality. 
 
Existentialists al...
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Add to cartIn what does human happiness consist, according to Aristotle? correct answer: All of the above. ( Pleasure.Intellectual virtue.Moral virtue.) 
 
Antirepresentationalists like Richard Rorty always deny this claim. correct answer: True beliefs somehow picture or mirror reality. 
 
Existentialists al...
What is a philosopher? What does philosophy originally mean? correct answer: Philosophy originally means to love knowledge or wisdom. 
A philosopher is any person who sought knowledge in any area. 
The Greeks invented philosophy. 
 
What is a philosophical argument? correct answer: When you suppor...
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Add to cartWhat is a philosopher? What does philosophy originally mean? correct answer: Philosophy originally means to love knowledge or wisdom. 
A philosopher is any person who sought knowledge in any area. 
The Greeks invented philosophy. 
 
What is a philosophical argument? correct answer: When you suppor...
What do Pyrrhonic skeptics maintain? correct answer: People should suspend judgment about all things. 
 
Which view did Aquinas accept? correct answer: A physical thing is matter plus form. 
 
Which ancient philosophical tradition did Plotinus represent? correct answer: Neoplatonism 
 
What do Py...
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Add to cartWhat do Pyrrhonic skeptics maintain? correct answer: People should suspend judgment about all things. 
 
Which view did Aquinas accept? correct answer: A physical thing is matter plus form. 
 
Which ancient philosophical tradition did Plotinus represent? correct answer: Neoplatonism 
 
What do Py...
According to Bertrand Russell, what is the major difference between philosophy and science? correct answer: Science focuses on knowledge that is already definite, while philosophy does not 
 
According to John Corvino, philosophy is useful in a wide range of contexts, because it teaches correct ans...
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Add to cartAccording to Bertrand Russell, what is the major difference between philosophy and science? correct answer: Science focuses on knowledge that is already definite, while philosophy does not 
 
According to John Corvino, philosophy is useful in a wide range of contexts, because it teaches correct ans...
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philosophy correct answer: love of wisdom or knowledge; encompasses all other disciplines 
 
epistemology correct answer: the theory or study of knowledge. It asks: How do we know what we know, and can we know anything at all? 
 
metaphysics correct answer: the branch of philosophy most intereste...
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Add to cartphilosophy correct answer: love of wisdom or knowledge; encompasses all other disciplines 
 
epistemology correct answer: the theory or study of knowledge. It asks: How do we know what we know, and can we know anything at all? 
 
metaphysics correct answer: the branch of philosophy most intereste...
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Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world? correct answer: A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter. 
 
Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? correct answer: They involve fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person...
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Add to cartWho is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world? correct answer: A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter. 
 
Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? correct answer: They involve fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person...
Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related to values? 
 
a. Moral 
b. Metaphysics 
c. Social 
d. Political correct answer: b. Metaphysics 
 
_____ is defined as the philosophical study of art and of value judgments about art. 
 
a. Aesthetics 
b. Epistemology 
...
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a. Moral 
b. Metaphysics 
c. Social 
d. Political correct answer: b. Metaphysics 
 
_____ is defined as the philosophical study of art and of value judgments about art. 
 
a. Aesthetics 
b. Epistemology 
...
What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus? correct answer: Change. 
 
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? correct answer: One and unchanging. 
 
What is the cause of change for Empedocles? correct answer: Love and strife. 
 
What did Anaxagoras do? correct answer: He intr...
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Add to cartWhat was the essence of reality for Heraclitus? correct answer: Change. 
 
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? correct answer: One and unchanging. 
 
What is the cause of change for Empedocles? correct answer: Love and strife. 
 
What did Anaxagoras do? correct answer: He intr...
Sextus Empiricus correct answer: -He held the position "I do not know whether knowledge is possible." 
 
"I don't agree with Jones when she says we should wait for a trial,... That's why I say let's hang him now!" What fallacy does this most clearly illustrate? correct answer: Red Herring 
...
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Add to cartSextus Empiricus correct answer: -He held the position "I do not know whether knowledge is possible." 
 
"I don't agree with Jones when she says we should wait for a trial,... That's why I say let's hang him now!" What fallacy does this most clearly illustrate? correct answer: Red Herring 
...
2 Greek words for Philosophy correct answer: Philein- love of Sophia-Wisdom or knowledge 
 
Philosophical steps for problem solving correct answer: Define the problem 
Define the circumstances surrounding it 
Use logic, argument, the Socratic method, & opponents fallacies as tools 
 
Epistemology ...
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Add to cart2 Greek words for Philosophy correct answer: Philein- love of Sophia-Wisdom or knowledge 
 
Philosophical steps for problem solving correct answer: Define the problem 
Define the circumstances surrounding it 
Use logic, argument, the Socratic method, & opponents fallacies as tools 
 
Epistemology ...
Classical liberalism argued that correct answer: the government should not interfere in economic affairs. 
 
Claude Lévi Strauss did NOT abandon Saussure's methods correct answer: while conducting his ethnographic research. 
 
Clear and distinct criterion correct answer: Rene Descartes's crite...
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Add to cartClassical liberalism argued that correct answer: the government should not interfere in economic affairs. 
 
Claude Lévi Strauss did NOT abandon Saussure's methods correct answer: while conducting his ethnographic research. 
 
Clear and distinct criterion correct answer: Rene Descartes's crite...
What did Anaxagoras do? correct answer: He introduced the mattermind distinction to philosophy. 
 
What did Anselm believe about proving God's existence? correct answer: You could do it using just the concept of God as the greatest being conceivable. 
 
What did Aquinas maintain concerning the ...
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Add to cartWhat did Anaxagoras do? correct answer: He introduced the mattermind distinction to philosophy. 
 
What did Anselm believe about proving God's existence? correct answer: You could do it using just the concept of God as the greatest being conceivable. 
 
What did Aquinas maintain concerning the ...
What is not true of the contract that gives rise to the state, according to Thomas Hobbes? 
 
 It establishes an absolute authority with the power to force people to abide by their agreements 
It gives citizens a right to revolt if the state acts unjustly towards them 
 Each person transfers to the ...
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Add to cartWhat is not true of the contract that gives rise to the state, according to Thomas Hobbes? 
 
 It establishes an absolute authority with the power to force people to abide by their agreements 
It gives citizens a right to revolt if the state acts unjustly towards them 
 Each person transfers to the ...
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