EXAM 3 REVIEW

Question 1

T/F: “Sensible” means “something able to be sensed”

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T/F: “Intelligible” means “something able to be understood”

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T/F: There is no distinction between a “sensory image” and an “idea” (i.e. they are synonyms)

Answer 3

False

Question 4

T/F: Sensation is an activity that humans, and only humans, perform

Answer 4

False

Question 5

T/F: Sensation, unlike digestion, involves an “intentional union”

Answer 5

True

Question 6

T/F: A “sensory image” is a kind of “sign”

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T/F: “Instinct” is possessed only by non-rational animals

Answer 7

False

Question 8

T/F: The “passive” intellect allows us to abstract “ideas” from “sensory images”

Answer 8

False

Question 9

T/F: “I do not like dogs” is an example of a “negative judgment”

Answer 9

True

Question 10

T/F: “It might be sunny tomorrow in LA” is a “proposition” because it expresses probability

Answer 10

True

Question 11

T/F: An argument can be “valid” even if its premises are false

Answer 11

True

Question 12

T/F: “Words” express “ideas”

Answer 12

True

Question 13

How does “sensation” suggest a way to overcome the “self” / “world” divide?

Question 14

What are the 5 external senses?

Answer 14

1. sight
2. hearing
3. touch
4. taste
5. smell

Question 15

What is the formal object of sight?

Answer 15

color

Question 16

What is the formal object of hearing?

Answer 16

sound

Question 17

What is the formal object of touch?

Answer 17

texture

Question 18

What is the formal object of taste?

Answer 18

flavor

Question 19

What is the formal object of smell?

Answer 19

odor

Question 20

What term refers to aspects of a thing that we can sense using 2 or more senses?

Answer 20

common sensible

Question 21

What are the 4 internal senses (in order)?

Answer 21

1. coordinating sense
2. imagination
3. memory
4. evaluative sense (animals) / cogitative power (humans)

Question 22

Which internal sense has, as its formal object, “totality”?

Answer 22

coordinating sense

Question 23

Which internal sense has, as its material object, “all past events”?

Answer 23

memory

Question 24

What is the function of the coordinating sense?

Question 25

What is the function of imagination?

Question 26

What is the function of memory?

Question 27

What is the function of the evaluative sense/cogitative power?

Answer 27

to assess the value of a sensed object

Question 28

What are the 6 characteristics of insight?

Answer 28

1. it follows a line of questioning 2. it comes suddenly, without warning 3. it has to do more with "inner awareness", and it does not take place externally 4. 5. it is permanently embedded into the texture of the mind 6. it is universal, and hence, communicable

Question 29

What are the 2 elements of an argument?

Answer 29

1. premises 2. conclusions

Question 30

What are premises?

Answer 30

statements that provide reason/evidence for conclusions

Question 31

What are conclusions?

Answer 31

statements following premises that offer new information

Question 32

What are the 2 requirements of a "sound" argument?

Answer 32

1. valid 2. true

Question 33

What does it mean for an argument to be valid?

Answer 33

the premises and conclusions must logically connect

Question 34

What does it mean for an argument to be true?

Answer 34

the argument must be based in reality

Question 35

What kind of argument is the statement: "I have PHIL 1800 on Tuesday and Thursday; today is Tuesday; so, I have PHIL 1800 today"?

Answer 35

sound argument (the argument is both true and valid)

Question 36

What kind of argument is the statement: "Taylor Swift is a professional chef; professional chefs are highly skilled; therefore, Taylor Swift is high skilled"?

Answer 36

unsound argument (the argument is valid, but not true)

Question 37

What kind of argument is the statement: "Coffee is a drink that many people enjoy drinking"?

Answer 37

neither a sound or unsound argument

Question 38

What kind of argument is the statement: "Today is Tuesday; coffee has caffeine; therefore, I am going to the beach this afternoon"?

Answer 38

unsound argument (the premises are true but do not connect, making the argument invalid)

Question 39

Is the statement "Littering is terrible for the environment!" a positive or negative judgment?

Answer 39

positive judgment

Question 40

Is the statement "Phew, I did not leave my wallet at home this morning" a positive or negative judgment?

Answer 40

negative judgment

Question 41

Is the statement "LMU has a campus dog" an existential or essential judgment?

Answer 41

existential judgment

Question 42

Is the statement "The LMU campus dog is a golden doodle" an existential or essential judgment?

Answer 42

essential judgment

Question 43

What is the definition of "word"?

Question 44

What is the philosophical significance of language?

Question 45

How can we translate between languages? (i.e. the intertranslatability)

Answer 45

we are able to translate between languages because the sensed object (language) is based in reality and used in our minds to organize sensory images