Phil 201 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Final Exam (Phil 201) Correctly Answered 2024 Rated A+. Philosophy - CORRECT ANSWER Is the search for answers to life deepest questions, using primarily reason and reflection. Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER The study of right and wrong and good and bad Two parts of an argument - CORRECT ANSWER 1.) Premises 2.) Conclusion Validity (and 2 misconceptions) - CORRECT ANSWER -It's VALID if the premises and conclusion are true. -It's INVALID if the premises are false. An argument is soun...

PHIL 201 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers In Gettier's two cases, what is true about Smith? - Correct ANSWER- He gets the job He has 10 coins in his pocket In Gettier's two cases, what is true about Brown? - Correct ANSWER- He is in Barcelona Gettier's says his cases show that the JTB theory does not state a ___________ condition for someone's knowing a given proposition. - Correct ANSWER- Sufficient True or false: In Gettier's story, Smith knows where Brown is. - Correct...

PHIL 201 PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS 2024. 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. Which of the following is a common myth about philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWER Philosophical questions are simply semantic disputes in which no one opinion...

PHIL 201-001 Jones Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers 2024. Which of the following is the etymological meaning of "philosophy" - CORRECT ANSWER Friend of Wisdom As per class discussion, which of the following is the main tool of philosophy? - CORRECT ANSWER reason Which of the following is closet to the definition of Philosophy given in class? - CORRECT ANSWER To philosophize is to think carefully about important issues in an attempt to better understand them and perhaps solv...

PHIL 201 Exam Questions Correctly Answered 2024. Thales - CORRECT ANSWER •Predicted Sun Eclipse 585 BC •Water •"All things are full of gods" Anaximander - CORRECT ANSWER •Introduction of the idea of a principle •1st Principle: Apeiron (the boundless) •2nd Principle: Eternal Motion •Table of elements Anaximenes - CORRECT ANSWER •Air •Condensation and rarefaction are the principles of change Heraclitus - CORRECT ANSWER •Logos (account, word, reason) •Un...

PHIL 201 Midterm Exam Questions 2024. teleology - CORRECT ANSWER study of ends or purpose a priori - CORRECT ANSWER knowledgable without the experience epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER concerned with theory of knowledge ontology - CORRECT ANSWER word for being a posteriori - CORRECT ANSWER dependent upon sense experience philosophy - CORRECT ANSWER the study of the most general and abstract items of the world theology - CORRECT ANSWER study of God, things of the divine met...

PHIL 201 PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers The 'ontological argument' is... - Correct ANSWER- Anselm's argument that the idea of God is the idea of a perfect thing, and a perfect thing must exist. . The 'cosmological argument' is an argument that... - Correct ANSWER- the argument that everything is caused by something, and so there must be something that initially set off this causal chain, and this something is God. . The 'argument from design' is... - Correct ANSWER- ...

Phil 201 Final Exam Questions 2024. Which of the following would be considered a mental state, rather than a non-mental physical state? - CORRECT ANSWER All of the above. True or false: having a broken foot would be an example of a mental state. - CORRECT ANSWER False The attribute or property dualist would reject which of the following claims? - CORRECT ANSWER Mental states are properties of a non-physical substance. True or false: according to the property dualist, all mental pro...

UVIC PHIL 201 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED 2024. Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER Careful thinking that... -meets rational standards -is supported by reason -is goal directed -helps us decide what to believe and what actions to take Arguments - CORRECT ANSWER The primary way of expressing reasons and supporting claims. They are an effective tool for evaluating and formulating claims that are worthy of acceptance. Argument Reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWER The process of identifyi...

PHIL 201 - Quiz 2 Correctly Answered 2024. Laws of Logic - CORRECT ANSWER A set of rules through which discourse is made possible. These include the law of noncontradiction, law of excluded middle, and Law of Non-Contradiction - CORRECT ANSWER Something cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect. Law of Excluded Middle - CORRECT ANSWER Something either is or is not. It excludes the possibility of something in the middle of existence and nonexistence. Self-Ev...