IB PHILOSOPHY - CORE THEME- 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED AND PASSED

Allegory of the cave (Plato's cave) - CORRECT ANSWER To be liberated from the cave we must precede into the light, dismissing appearances as mere illusion and seek true knowledge. This is when we reach our goal ('telos') Normative - CORRECT ANSWER how we should be/what we should do The Tri-partite soul (Plato) - CORRECT ANSWER Reason (control), Spirit (emotions like pride and courage), Appetite (bodily and wordly desires) The Materialist view (Hobbes) - CORRECT ANSWER Every can be explained in terms of the motions and interactions of material bodies. We are essentially robots. Psychological egoism (Hobbes) - CORRECT ANSWER Primary motivation for humans is self-interest State of War (Hobbes) - CORRECT ANSWER Humanity is forced into competition. We pursue power and