Straighterline Philosophy Final Exam Study
Guide
Which of the following is an example of what Aristotle called a universal?
(Ans- The property of being red.
What is a syllogism?
(Ans- A kind of inference.
Which ancient philosophical tradition did Plotinus represent?
(Ans- Neoplatonism
St. Augustine rejected this Neoplatonic claim.
(Ans- The highest reality is the One, an impersonal, indefinable, and
indescribable god.
What do Pyrrhonic skeptics maintain?
(Ans- People should suspend judgment about all things.
What is asserted by the principle of noncontradiction?
(Ans- A proposition and its contradictory opposite can't both be true at the
same time.
What did Hypatia think about the study of mathematics and astronomy?
(Ans- They were part of a way of life and a means of testing the
implications of Platonic and Neoplatonic metaphysics and epistemology.
Which argument did St. Augustine use to refute total Academic skepticism?
(Ans- When we are in doubt we can at least know that we exist as a
doubter.
, How did St. Thomas Aquinas distinguish philosophy from theology?
(Ans- Philosophy is based on reason while theology is based on divine
revelation and faith.
Which view did Aquinas accept?
(Ans- A physical thing is matter plus form.
Which view of Aristotle's did Aquinas disagree with?
(Ans- The essence of a thing is the same as its existence.
What did Aquinas maintain concerning the human soul?
(Ans- It is a direct creation of God.
What was clarity and distinctness a mark of, for Rene Descartes?
(Ans- Truth
Which claim did Descartes use to establish the certainty of his own
existence?
(Ans- I think, therefore I am.
Which statement would Thomas Hobbes have accepted?
(Ans- All psychological states derive ultimately from perception.
Which claim about God did Anne Conway make:
(Ans- God is an eternal creator.
Anne Conway advocated what sort of metaphysics?
(Ans- Monadology
What did Benedict Spinoza think a person is?
(Ans- A mode of God/Nature.
Why is there no mind/body interaction problem for Spinoza?
(Ans- Minds and bodies are simply aspects of the selfsame unit of infinite
substance.
Guide
Which of the following is an example of what Aristotle called a universal?
(Ans- The property of being red.
What is a syllogism?
(Ans- A kind of inference.
Which ancient philosophical tradition did Plotinus represent?
(Ans- Neoplatonism
St. Augustine rejected this Neoplatonic claim.
(Ans- The highest reality is the One, an impersonal, indefinable, and
indescribable god.
What do Pyrrhonic skeptics maintain?
(Ans- People should suspend judgment about all things.
What is asserted by the principle of noncontradiction?
(Ans- A proposition and its contradictory opposite can't both be true at the
same time.
What did Hypatia think about the study of mathematics and astronomy?
(Ans- They were part of a way of life and a means of testing the
implications of Platonic and Neoplatonic metaphysics and epistemology.
Which argument did St. Augustine use to refute total Academic skepticism?
(Ans- When we are in doubt we can at least know that we exist as a
doubter.
, How did St. Thomas Aquinas distinguish philosophy from theology?
(Ans- Philosophy is based on reason while theology is based on divine
revelation and faith.
Which view did Aquinas accept?
(Ans- A physical thing is matter plus form.
Which view of Aristotle's did Aquinas disagree with?
(Ans- The essence of a thing is the same as its existence.
What did Aquinas maintain concerning the human soul?
(Ans- It is a direct creation of God.
What was clarity and distinctness a mark of, for Rene Descartes?
(Ans- Truth
Which claim did Descartes use to establish the certainty of his own
existence?
(Ans- I think, therefore I am.
Which statement would Thomas Hobbes have accepted?
(Ans- All psychological states derive ultimately from perception.
Which claim about God did Anne Conway make:
(Ans- God is an eternal creator.
Anne Conway advocated what sort of metaphysics?
(Ans- Monadology
What did Benedict Spinoza think a person is?
(Ans- A mode of God/Nature.
Why is there no mind/body interaction problem for Spinoza?
(Ans- Minds and bodies are simply aspects of the selfsame unit of infinite
substance.
