Final

Question 1

Socrates was influnced by the Presocratic philosopher anaxagoras because of anaxagoras’ focus on

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mind

Question 2

one of the reasons why it is so difficult to understand the true nature of Socrates philosophy is because

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he didnt write anything

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most of our knowledge of socrates philosophy comes from

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the writings of aristophanes xenophon and plato

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what distinguished socrates way of doing philosophy from the presocratic way of doing philosophy was

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socrates was not concerned with physics

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the method used by socrates in order to philosophize is called

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dialectic

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The socratic method appeals to a person’s innate sense of

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logic

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in the Platonic dialogue “Apology” the official charges brought against socrates are

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impiety and corruption of the youth

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accouding to socrates his own wisdom consists of

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the fact that he recognize his own ignorance

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aristophanes account of socrates in “The Clouds” is presented in a:

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comic way

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In aristophanes play “The clouds’ Socrates is portrayed as :

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A manipulator and a threat to tradition

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According to Socrates, the point of living life is to

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examine life and question the world

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The Socratic method rquires that

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those involved in a conversation be concerned with uncovering the truth

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socrates is considered by many to be the true father of philosophy because

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he established an ongoing method of inner relfection

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According to lecture, what is the basic question that the “apology” attempts to answer?

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Who is Socrates?

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True or Flase: Socratic ignorance is the same as complete skepticisim because socrates admits he knows nothing, not even whether his method of enquiry is appropriate

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Flase

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In spite of the fact that socrates claims to be ignorant of the essence or nature of certain things like justice, he is wise insofar as he recognizes that without such knowledge actions are rationally unjustified. This is, his wisdom consists in his recognition not only that he is ignornt of such essences but also that

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he knows what he is supposed to be looking for –knowledge of the essences of things

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socrates’ cliam that “The unexamined life is not worth living” is often cited as a central theme in the activitys of philosophy. By it, Socrates is typically understood to mean that

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simply doing whatever everyone else does without thinking about why we should do what we do can hardly be thought of as worthwhile, noble, or admirable.

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The school founded by Plato was called

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The Academy

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Plato’s Philosophy is a form of

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idealism

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According to Plato, the highest form of reality is

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The Good

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In the analogy of the Divided Line, Plato claims that:

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The visible world is less real than the intelligible world

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According to Plato, the reason why shadows are less real than physical objects is because:

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shadows are caused by physical objects and would not exist without them

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According to Plato, the Forms are

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unchanging and eternal

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All humans, according to Plato, have souls that are

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divided into three parts

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In terms of his image of the Divided Line, for Plato, knowledge is attained only when our sensible experience is

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understood in terms of concepts or innate ideas(forms) that are perceived as rationally ordered

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in plato's idealism, forms must transcened the changing realm of appearances because if forms changed then

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nothing in the experienced world could be or be identified as one dterminate thing or another

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Forms do not exist in the sensible world because

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unlike everything in the sensible world, form are not individual things but rather the universal essences or natures by which individual things are what they are and are known.

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According to Aristotle, all things that exist in the world are:

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composite substances

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the "material cause" is:

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the matter out of which an object is made

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The formal cause is

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the essence, organization or shape of an object

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the "efficient cause" is

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the force that brings form to matter

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The "final cause" is

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the purpose of an object

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A syllogism is:

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an argument with two premises and a conclusion

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the first mover is

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the first cause of the universe

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Aristotle says that their essence does not exist apart from individuals that exist in the world. So if all members of a species went extinct

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their essence would likewise be destroyed

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According to Descartes, the first step in a careful investigation of the world begins with

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doubt

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In meditation I, Descartes doubts his sense by applying

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the dream hypothesis

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In meditation I, Descartes is able to doubt the truth of math by applying

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the evil genius hypothesis

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In Meditation II, Descartes formulates the Cogito, which states

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I think therfore I am

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Cartesian Dualism holds that

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the world is made up of mind and matter

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the mind/body problem is

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the question of how a non-physical mind can interact with a physical body

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True or false, Descartes was himself a skeptic

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False

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Based on the above line from Descartes, he is attempting to doubt

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the beliefs developed in childhood

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The Claim that "I exist" is what sort of claim

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metaphysical

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True or false, the sense are sufficient to grasp the essence of the wax

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False