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Philosphy 1010 Final Review Part 1
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1According to rationalism, experience is required for knowledge.
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2Heraclitus is a rationalist.
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3Empiricism is the view that God does not exist.
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4He is regarded as the first philosopher.
- AHeraclitus
- BPythagoras
- CSocrates
- DNone of the above
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5Which of the following philosophers are empiricists?
- AHeraclitus
- BParmenides
- CPythagoras
- DAll of the above
- ENone of the above
6 He held that everything is being, that nothing changes.
- APythagoras
- BParmenides
- CThales
- DHeraclitus
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7He held that all is water.
- AThales
- BParmenides
- CPythagoras
- DNone of the above
8He held that everything is fire.
- AThales
- BParmenides
- CPythagoras
- DHeraclitus
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9He held that everything is in a constant state of flux/change
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- CPythagoras
- DThales
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10 Who said you cannot step twice in the same river?
- AThales
- BParmenides
- CPythagoras
- DNone of the above
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11Plato is a rationalist.
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12According to Plato, if you believe something is true and it is true, then you know that it's true.
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13According to Plato, knowledge is true belief plus?
- Aan account
- Bthe logos
- Cthe reason/rational explanation
- DAll of the above
- ENone of the above. Knowlege is nothing more than true belief.
14Epistmology is
- Athe view that all knowledge comes through reason
- Bthe view that all knowledge comes through experience
- CNone of the above
15In the Allegory of the Cave, the prisoners
- Asee only the shadows of things, not the things themselves.
- Bbelieve they know what reality is like.
- Cdon't know they are prisoners
- Dare just like us.
- EAll of the above.
16 "Does God exist?" is
- Aan ethical question.
- Ban epistemological question.
- Can ontological question.
- DAll of the above.
- Aan ethical question.
17The inside of the cave represents
- Athe world of appearance.
- Bthe empirical world
- Ca world in a constant state of flux.
- DAll of the above
18On Plato's view,
- Aalthough the forms are not physical, they may be seen with physical eyes.
- Balthough the forms are not mental, they exist only in they mind.
- Cforms are more real than physical objects.
- DAll of the above
19Plato's view is a dualist view because
- Ahe had two personalities.
- Bhe famously beat Heraclitus in a duel.
- Che had only two beliefs: Socrates is a man and Socrates is mortal.
- Dhe believed in two kinds of things, material things and nonmaterial things
20According to Plato,
- AThe thing that is the most real is The Good.
- BThere are two utlimate realities, The Good and The Bad.
- CThere are three ultimate realities, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
- DNothing is real. There's nothing to get hung about.
21Why is Socrates on trial?
- AFor molesting young boys.
- BFor plagiarizing Plato's ideas.
- CFor corrupting the youth of Athens through philosophy.
- DAll of the above
22Who tries to convince Socrates to escape from prison?
- APlato
- BPlato's little sister Denise
- CSocrates' young friend Crito
- DAlexander the Great
- APlato
23 Socrates rejects the reasons in favor of escaping. Why does he reject the reasons given?
- AThe reasons given concern the physical concequences of leaving.
- BAccording to Socrates, the reasons given don't have anything to do with whether it is right to leave.
- CAccording to Socrates, the physical consequences, those that are known empirically, are not relevent to what is right.
- DAll of the above.
24 Socrates believes that if he leaves, he will be breaking his just agreement with the state. How does he know that breaking just agreements is wrong?
- AWhenever he has broken his just agreements in the past and when he has observed others breaking their just agreements, the consequences have always been bad.
- BHe knows it empirically.
- CHe knows it by reason alone.
- DNone of the above.
25In the Symposium love is defined as the desire always to possess The Good. What is The Good, according to the view that Socrates learned?
- AIt varies from person to person.
- BIt varies from culture to culture
- CAnything a person cares for deeply.
- DAll of the above
- ENone of the above.
26On Plato's view, beautiful objects in the physical world are only shadows of beauty itself.
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27Beauty itself is not physical.
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28Beauty itself, like justice itself, is a form, an immaterial object and therefore can be perceived only by reason, not by the senses.
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29On Plato's view, true beauty is in the eye of the beholder so that what is truely beautiful is just a matter of opinion.
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30Like Plato's Allegory of the Cave, which represents the process of enlightenment whereby one turns from the less real to the more real, Plato's ladder of love represents the pursuit of love to be an assent from what is less real to what is more real.
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31 If an argument is valid, then
- Aits conclusion must be true.
- Bif the premises are true, the conclusion must be true.
- C its premises are all true
- D All of the above
- Aits conclusion must be true.
321. If God exists, then all is well.
All is not well
Therefore God does not exist
The above argument is:- A Valid
- B Invalid
331. If God exists, then all is well.
All is not well
Therefore God does not exist
The above argument is an example of- A Modus Ponens
- BModus Tollens
- CDenying the antecedent
- DAffirming the consequent
- A Modus Ponens
34Which of the following is true
- AIf an argument is valid, all its premises are true
- BIf an argument is sound, it is also valid
- C If an argument is valid, it is also sound
- D All of the above
- AIf an argument is valid, all its premises are true
35Which of the following is true?
- A If an argument is an example of denying the antecedent, its conclusion is always false
- B If an argument is sound, its conclusion is true
- C If an argument is an example of Modus Ponens its conclusion is always true
- D All of the above
36Different cultures have different moral standards is
- A descriptive
- B prescriptive
37Ethical Relativism is descriptive
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38 If different cultures have different moral standards, then Ethical Relativism is true.
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39If Ethical Relativism is true, when a culture changes its morals, the change is neither moral progress nor moral decline.
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40 If something is the case, then it ought to be the case.
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41If a statement is prescriptive,
- A it is merely a matter of opinion
- B it is descriptive
- C it is normative
- D None of the above
42 If Ethical Relativism is true, then one's culture is always by definition right
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43If Ethical Relativism is true, a moral reformer who seeks to reform a culture's morals is always by definition wrong.
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44The consensus among philosophers is that Ethical Relativism is
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451. If candy is dandy, then liquor is quicker
Candy is dandy
Therefore liquor is quicker.
The above argument is- A Valid
- B Invalid
46There really is a difference between good reasoning and bad
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47Aristotle was Socrates' teacher.
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481. Plato and Aristotle disagreed over
- Ahow to divide Socrates' vast estate
- Bwhether Jesus was the Jewish messiah
- Cthe nature of forms
- Dthe nature of sexual desire
49Aristotle believed that the forms are in material objects, not that material objects are mere shadows of immaterial forms.
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50According to Epicurus, we should do what reason says, even if doing so makes everyone unhappy.
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51Epicurus was a materialist.
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52The Stoics were like Plato in that they believed in the use of reason over emotion, but they were unlike Plato in that they were ontological materialists.
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53 Philo lived
- Aat about the same time as Plato and Aristotle
- Bat about the same time as Epicurus
- Cat about the same time as Jesus and Paul
- DAll of the above. Philo lived a very long life.
54For Plato, The Good is a non-personal entity to be contemplated.
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55For Justin Martyr, The Good is God, a person to be worshipped, not merely to be contemplated.
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56Which of the following is true?
- APhilo tried to synthesize Greek philosophy with the Hebrew scriptures.
- BJustin Martyr tried to synthesize Greek and Hebrew thought with Christianity.
- CBoth of the above
- DNone of the above.
57Why does Descartes set out to doubt everything?
- AHe had grown angry and bitter towards God.
- BTo prove that nothing can be known.
- CTo build a foundation for scientific knowledge.
- DTo build a foundation that helps needy philosophers.
58Rationalism is the view that all knowledge comes through reason, not though sensory experience.
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59Even though he knows the senses are known deceivers, Descartes is still an empiricist.
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601. On what grounds does Descartes doubt even immediate empirical judgments such as, "I am seated here now"?
- AHe drank too much and began to doubt everything.
- BHe might be dreaming
- CHe doesn't doubt it: it's his first truth, something that cannot be doubted.
- DNone of the above.
61The main conclusion of the wax example is that the senses are known deceivers.
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62According to Descartes, physical bodies are perceived by reason alone.
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63According to Descartes, the mind is identical to the brain.
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641. Descartes observes that he can doubt the existence of his body, but that he cannot doubt the existence of his soul. What conclusion does he draw from this?
- AThe senses are known deceivers
- BHe might be dreaming
- CThere might be an evil genius
- DThe body is not identical to the soul.
65Descartes thinks he has shown the falsity of the supposition that an evil genius exists by proving that a perfect being exists, one who is not a deceiver.
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66Our ideas of primary properties correctly represent the world.
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67Our ideas of secondary properties do not represent the world. They are the result of causal powers in objects that produce these ideas in us.
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68Why is it important philosophically for Descartes to argue that God exists?
- AHe felt very vulnerable all alone in the cabin while he was engaging in his meditations, and he needed the comfort of knowing someone was watching out for him.
- BTo write a book that did not prove God’s existence would have made Descartes a criminal in the eyes of the law.
- CIf a perfect God exists, then the Evil Genius does not.
- DDescartes argues against the idea of a perfect being so that, being himself imperfect, he might feel better about himself.
69How does Descartes argue that God exists?
- AHe came up with the famous statement, Credo, Biblio, Veritas (The Bible says it, I believe it, and that settles it).
- BHe argues that the perfect functioning of the material world provides evidence of a perfect intelligent designer.
- CHe begins with only the ideas in his mind, since that is all he can be certain of at that point
- DAll of the above.
70 Does Descartes believe he has the idea of perfection?
- AYes. That is the only way he could know that he, himself, is imperfect.
- BNo. He has no idea of perfection and that is how he knows that he himself is perfect.
71Our ideas of secondary properties, such as our idea of red, do not resemble anything in the object that produce the ideas in us.
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72Though Descartes believes in his own existence as well as God’s, he does not believe in a material world, even at the end.
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73Does Descartes know that he, himself, is imperfect?
- AYes. Because he doubts, he knows he is imperfect.
- BNo. He doubts very much that he is imperfect, since only a perfect being could have discovered The Cogito.
- AYes. Because he doubts, he knows he is imperfect.
74Blue and yellow are primary properties, while yellow is a secondary property.
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75Because he believes the senses are known deceivers, Descartes is an empiricist.
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76Like Descartes, John Locke is a rationalist.
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77 What does it mean to say that we are born a tabula rasa?
- AWe are born with innate ideas.
- BThe same thing as cogito ergo sum.
- CWe are born without any ideas.
- DAll of the above.
78Although Locke believes that all knowledge comes through experience, he doesn't believe that we actually experience the world, only our ideas of the world.
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79Although Locke believes that all knowledge comes through experience, he doesn't believe that we actually experience the world, only our ideas of the world.
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80Ockham's Razor is
- AThe sword that killed the empiricist Ockham.
- Ba principle Locke uses to show that empiricism is superior to rationalism
- Ca principle that says, "your argument cuts both ways".
- Dan argument in favor of innate ideas
81According to Locke, some of our ideas correctly represent the world and some do not.
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82According to Locke, the idea of identity is a simple idea.
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83Which of the following ideas do not correctly represent the world?
- AOur idea of red.
- BOur idea of pain.
- Cour idea of the sweet taste of sugar.
- DNone of the ideas above correctly represent the world, according to Locke.
84Locke believes our idea of red does not correctly represent reality because he believes the senses are known deceivers.
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85Descartes thought we could perceive the world directly, while Locke thinks the only thing we perceive directly are the ideas in our mind.
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86When Locke talks about abstract ideas, he means those ideas that the enlightened person achieves when he or she has turned away from the empirical world.
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87Which of the following ideas are innate, according to Locke?
- AOur idea of substance.
- BOur idea of identity
- CBoth of the above
- DNone of the above.
881. Our idea of substance, according to Locke, is
- Aobscure, not clear.
- Ban idea of something, but he knows not what.
- Can idea of something that supports or stands under the qualities of a thing,
- Dand really is the thing in which all the properties inhere.
- EAll of the above.
89Locke believes that our idea of identity is formed when we experience an idea, for example, the idea of a pink ball, and then experience that same idea again, and then compare the two ideas in our mind and perceive that they are the same.
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90Locke believes that the mind and body are distinct substances that are only contingently related, that the body is a material substance and the mind is immaterial.
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91According to Locke, a person is an immaterial substance and so personal identity is nothing more than the continued existence of the same immaterial substance.
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92When Locke uses the word "man" such as when he considers what it is to be the same man through time, the word "man" means, human. It is a term that refers to whatever biologists refer to when they refer to humans.
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93On Locke's view, all humans are persons.
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94On Locke's view, all persons are humans.
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95Locke says that a rational parrot should be called a man or a human.
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96According to Locke, our idea of a person is not the idea of an immaterial substance but the idea of a thinking intelligent being with self-awareness.
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- PHIL 10101 Professor Lent @ Ohio University. Reviews exams 1 & 2
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