PHL 103 ANCIENT GREEK PHIL. FINAL MILESTONE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS,100%CORRECT

PHL 103 ANCIENT GREEK PHIL. FINAL MILESTONE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 1 All teachers are robots. Cynthia is a teacher. Therefore, Cynthia is a robot. Evaluate the argument and select the option that describes it. • Deductive, invalid, sound • Inductive, weak, uncogent • Inductive, strong, cogent • Deductive, valid, unsound RATIONALE Because the inferential claim in this example is one of logical certainty, and is about definition and form rather than cause and effect, this is a deductive argument. Since a case in which the premises are true and the conclusion is false cannot exist, this argument is valid. However, this argument is unsound because the first premise is false: Not all teachers are robots. CONCEPT Evaluating an Argument in Action 2 For Plato, the Forms are the foundation of reality, which means that knowledge of reality is grounded in knowledge of the Forms. • ethical • logical • natural • metaphysical RATIONALE Plato was interested in abstract concepts (e.g., being and substance). These concepts are the subjects of the field of philosophy known as metaphysics. Plato wanted to know how these concepts exist in reality (i.e., their essences). Therefore, Plato's Forms were his metaphysical notion of the essences that ground the knowledge of reality. CONCEPT Plato's Forms: The Objects of Knowledge 3 Which of the following statements about Aristotle’s metaphysics is FALSE?