Straighterline Philosophy Final Exam Questions And Correct Answers
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Straighterline Philosophy Final Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world? - answerA lover and pursuer of
wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.
Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? - answerThey involve
fundamental co...
Straighterline Philosophy Final Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world? - answer✔✔A lover and pursuer of
wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.
Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? - answer✔✔They involve
fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person.
Which is the branch of philosophy that studies issues concerning art and beauty? -
answer✔✔Aesthetics
Which of the following branches of philosophy does not involve questions related to values? -
answer✔✔Metaphysics.
Which of the following is a common myth about philosophy? - answer✔✔Philosophical
questions are simply semantic disputes in which no one opinion is any better or worse than
another is.
In philosophy, what is an argument? - answer✔✔Giving reasons for a belief.
What fallacy is it when an argument attacks the person rather than the person's beliefs? -
answer✔✔Argumentum ad Hominem
What fallacy is it when an argument assumes only two options when in fact there are more? -
answer✔✔False dilemma
"I don't agree with Jones when she says we should wait for a trial, and I'll tell you why. I don't
approve of letting someone get away with murder! That's why I say let's hang him now!" What
fallacy does this most clearly illustrate? - answer✔✔Red Herring.
What must be the case for an argument to succeed with a rational person? - answer✔✔The
premises must be acceptable and they must logically support the conclusion.
What does the branch of philosophy called metaphysics study? - answer✔✔Being.
What does the branch of philosophy called epistemology study? - answer✔✔Knowledge.
What are Thales, Anaximenes and Anaximander collectively known as? - answer✔✔The
Milesians.
According to Theano, what did Pythagoras claim? - answer✔✔Everything is in accordance with
number.
What was the essence of reality for Heraclitus? - answer✔✔Change.
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? - answer✔✔One and unchanging.
What is the cause of change for Empedocles? - answer✔✔Love and strife.
What did Anaxagoras do? - answer✔✔He introduced the matter\mind distinction to philosophy.
What did the Atomists do? - answer✔✔They distinguished between atomic properties and
relational properties.
Which is a theme common to all the pre-Socratics? - answer✔✔The experienced world is a
manifestation of a more fundamental underlying reality.
What did Socrates hope to achieve by practicing the Socratic method? - answer✔✔He wanted to
discover adequate definitions that would give knowledge of the essential nature of things.
Where do the Forms exist, according to Plato? - answer✔✔In a separate, immaterial realm.
How are the Forms apprehended, according to Plato? - answer✔✔By reason.
Which would Plato have agreed with? - answer✔✔The senses are a source of error, illusion, and
ignorance.
Plato had three famous theories: - answer✔✔The Theory of Knowledge, The Theory of Love
and Becoming, The Theory of Forms.
When the Delphi Oracle pronounced Socrates to be the wisest of people, Socrates thought the
pronouncement referred to the fact that he: - answer✔✔was aware of his own ignorance.
Three of Plato's more enlightening and well-known dialogs are: - answer✔✔Apology, Republic
and Meno
Aristotle's primary area of interest was: - 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? - answer✔✔weight.
How many souls did Aristotle believe humans have? - answer✔✔three.
Aristotle's works include all of the following except: - answer✔✔Confessions
What is a thing, according to Aristotle? - answer✔✔A specific form in a particular hunk of
matter.
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