PHI 210 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
According to standard Cartesian dualism, the human soul is located where?
A. Just outside one's brain
B. In ones brain
C. Nowhere
D. In ones heart - Answer- C
"A proposition is true if and only if it coheres with other true propositions" expresses
which theory of truth?
A. The coherence theory of truth
B. The correspondence theory of truth
C. The pragmatic theory of truth
D. The deflationary theory of truth - Answer- A
According to Aristotle: "To say 'what is' is not or that 'what is not' is, is false; but to say
'what is' is and 'what is not' is not, is true."
This statement articulates which theory of truth?
A. The coherence theory
B. The correspondence theory
C. The pragmatic theory
D. The programmatic theory - Answer- B
Plato divides reality into two realms: (1) the realm of the one and (2) the realm of the
many.
true/false - Answer- False
Often, philosophers think that conceivability entails possibility.
true/false - Answer- False
The Law of Non-Contradiction says:
A. A thing can both be and not be at the same time and in the same way
B. A sentence is either true or false.
C. A sentence is neither true nor false.
D. A thing cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same way. - Answer-
D
The following is a valid argument:
1. All humans are mortal
, 2. All mortals are alive.
3. So, all humans are alive.
true/false - Answer- True
Monism is the view that:
A. There's only one Mona Lisa
B. There is only one individual
C. I am an individual
D. There is only one truth. - Answer- B
Logical contradictions are sometimes, though not often, true.
true/false - Answer- False
If Jones has the property "being human" essentially, then...
A. Jones normally, but not necessarily, is a human.
B. Jones could come to have the property "being a frog" instead.
C. Jones cannot continue to exist without being human.
D. Jones could become something other than human. - Answer- C
The following is an invalid argument
1. All Christians are politically conservative
2. Smith is a Christian
3. So, Smith is politically conservative
True or False - Answer- True
The law of the excluded middle says:
A. all sentences are either true or false
B. all propositions are either true or false
C. an object is identical to itself and no other thing
D. a thing can not both be and not be at the same time and in the same way - Answer-
B
Substance dualism is the view that a human person is identical to two substances
true/false - Answer- true
According the the lectures, which puzzle/problem is the principle puzzle/problem is
metaphysics
A. Mind/body problem
B. Relativism
C. The problem of the one and the many
D. Logical contradictions - Answer- A
Hylomorphism is the view of the mind/body relation that posits that the soul is a
substance distinct from the body
true/false - Answer- false
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
According to standard Cartesian dualism, the human soul is located where?
A. Just outside one's brain
B. In ones brain
C. Nowhere
D. In ones heart - Answer- C
"A proposition is true if and only if it coheres with other true propositions" expresses
which theory of truth?
A. The coherence theory of truth
B. The correspondence theory of truth
C. The pragmatic theory of truth
D. The deflationary theory of truth - Answer- A
According to Aristotle: "To say 'what is' is not or that 'what is not' is, is false; but to say
'what is' is and 'what is not' is not, is true."
This statement articulates which theory of truth?
A. The coherence theory
B. The correspondence theory
C. The pragmatic theory
D. The programmatic theory - Answer- B
Plato divides reality into two realms: (1) the realm of the one and (2) the realm of the
many.
true/false - Answer- False
Often, philosophers think that conceivability entails possibility.
true/false - Answer- False
The Law of Non-Contradiction says:
A. A thing can both be and not be at the same time and in the same way
B. A sentence is either true or false.
C. A sentence is neither true nor false.
D. A thing cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same way. - Answer-
D
The following is a valid argument:
1. All humans are mortal
, 2. All mortals are alive.
3. So, all humans are alive.
true/false - Answer- True
Monism is the view that:
A. There's only one Mona Lisa
B. There is only one individual
C. I am an individual
D. There is only one truth. - Answer- B
Logical contradictions are sometimes, though not often, true.
true/false - Answer- False
If Jones has the property "being human" essentially, then...
A. Jones normally, but not necessarily, is a human.
B. Jones could come to have the property "being a frog" instead.
C. Jones cannot continue to exist without being human.
D. Jones could become something other than human. - Answer- C
The following is an invalid argument
1. All Christians are politically conservative
2. Smith is a Christian
3. So, Smith is politically conservative
True or False - Answer- True
The law of the excluded middle says:
A. all sentences are either true or false
B. all propositions are either true or false
C. an object is identical to itself and no other thing
D. a thing can not both be and not be at the same time and in the same way - Answer-
B
Substance dualism is the view that a human person is identical to two substances
true/false - Answer- true
According the the lectures, which puzzle/problem is the principle puzzle/problem is
metaphysics
A. Mind/body problem
B. Relativism
C. The problem of the one and the many
D. Logical contradictions - Answer- A
Hylomorphism is the view of the mind/body relation that posits that the soul is a
substance distinct from the body
true/false - Answer- false
