PHIL 106 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED
| 100% CORRECT.
False - ANSWERS-Zeno tried to refute Parmenides' claim that being does not
change.
False - ANSWERS-The term "metaphysics" comes from Pythagoras.
True - ANSWERS-"The sky is blue" is an a posteriori statement.
False - ANSWERS-Socrates' Theory of Knowledge came well before his
Theory of Forms, so much so that they aren't considered to be related.
True - ANSWERS-Some Forms are higher than others, according to Plato.
False - ANSWERS-Plato thought that physical objects are totally unreal.
False - ANSWERS-Plato believed that it is enough to know the truth.
True - ANSWERS-Cratylus thought you couldn't step into the same river even
once.
False - ANSWERS-Existence and substance make up essence.
False - ANSWERS-The Third Man Argument is an extension of the Theory of
Forms.
, False - ANSWERS-Regarding universals, conceptualism is the position that
universal terms refer to something that really exists outside of the mind.
False - ANSWERS-Augustine was a skeptic.
True - ANSWERS-For Aquinas, what a thing is (its essence) does not entail
that it is (its existence).
False - ANSWERS-"It is raining outside" may be a priori. If your friend tells
you, you do not have to experience it yourself.
False - ANSWERS-The Pyrrhonists were modified skeptics.
Argumentum ad Hominem - ANSWERS-What fallacy is it when an argument
attacks the person rather than the person's beliefs?
Philosophical questions are simply semantic disputes in which no one opinion
is any better or worse than another is. - ANSWERS-Which of the following is a
common misconception about philosophy?
One and unchanging - ANSWERS-What is reality according to a follower of
Parmenides?
Confessions - ANSWERS-Aristotle's works include all of the following except:
The property of being red - ANSWERS-Which of the following is an example
of what Aristotle called a universal?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED
| 100% CORRECT.
False - ANSWERS-Zeno tried to refute Parmenides' claim that being does not
change.
False - ANSWERS-The term "metaphysics" comes from Pythagoras.
True - ANSWERS-"The sky is blue" is an a posteriori statement.
False - ANSWERS-Socrates' Theory of Knowledge came well before his
Theory of Forms, so much so that they aren't considered to be related.
True - ANSWERS-Some Forms are higher than others, according to Plato.
False - ANSWERS-Plato thought that physical objects are totally unreal.
False - ANSWERS-Plato believed that it is enough to know the truth.
True - ANSWERS-Cratylus thought you couldn't step into the same river even
once.
False - ANSWERS-Existence and substance make up essence.
False - ANSWERS-The Third Man Argument is an extension of the Theory of
Forms.
, False - ANSWERS-Regarding universals, conceptualism is the position that
universal terms refer to something that really exists outside of the mind.
False - ANSWERS-Augustine was a skeptic.
True - ANSWERS-For Aquinas, what a thing is (its essence) does not entail
that it is (its existence).
False - ANSWERS-"It is raining outside" may be a priori. If your friend tells
you, you do not have to experience it yourself.
False - ANSWERS-The Pyrrhonists were modified skeptics.
Argumentum ad Hominem - ANSWERS-What fallacy is it when an argument
attacks the person rather than the person's beliefs?
Philosophical questions are simply semantic disputes in which no one opinion
is any better or worse than another is. - ANSWERS-Which of the following is a
common misconception about philosophy?
One and unchanging - ANSWERS-What is reality according to a follower of
Parmenides?
Confessions - ANSWERS-Aristotle's works include all of the following except:
The property of being red - ANSWERS-Which of the following is an example
of what Aristotle called a universal?
