PHIL 101 - Final Exam Questions and answers with accurate rationales(PASSED).

PHIL 101 - Final Exam Qu estions
an d answ er s w ith accu r ate
r ationales(PASSED)

Q1: If an argument is sound, then it must be valid. - answer True


Q1: If an argument is valid, then it is sound. - answer False


Q1: The premises of a valid argument are always true. - answer False


Q1: The premises of an invalid argument are always false. - answer False


Q1: An argument that attempts to prove its conclusion is called... - answer A
deductive argument


Q1: An argument that attempts to show that its conclusion is very likely is called...
- answer An inductive argument


Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is October.
C) It is Autumn. - answer Modus ponens and it is valid.

, Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is Autumn.
C) It is October. - answer Affirming the consequent and it is invalid


Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is not Autumn.
C) It is not October. - answer Modus tollens and it is valid.


Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is not October.
C) It is not Autumn. - answer Denying the antecedent and it is invalid.


Q2: Paley says that just as a principle of order is what accounts for the operation
of a watch, a principle of order is what accounts for the operation of the universe.
- answer False


Q2: Philo argues with Cleanthes that even if we can tell that the universe was
designed, we can't know that it was designed by one maker. - answer True


Q2: Anselm says that whatever exists in the mind must also exist in reality. -
answer False


Q2: Aquinas says that there must have been a time when nothing existed. -
answer False