Phil 201 exam 2 Question and answers
100% correct 2025
transcendentals - correct answer ✔truth, goodness, beauty
transcendentals terms - correct answer ✔things (res)
one (unum)
something (aliquid)
truth (versum)
goodness (bonum)
transcendental arguments - correct answer ✔1) truth is convertible with
being. truth and being are the same
2) truth of thing is not just likeness of thing
3) if truth was in the mind, then the mind would have to repent the scale to
measure truth
4) if truth were primarily in mind then what is true must primarily be in the mind
insoluble - correct answer ✔used to describe paradoxes that seemed to
have no direct correct answer
insoluble ingredients for the lairs paradox - correct answer ✔1) self reference
2)excluded middle
3) conjunction introduction
4)conjunction elimination
5) reasoning by case
6) expulsion
, 7) truth in
8) truth out
self reference - correct answer ✔sentences that are predictions something
about themselves
ie) the pen is blue
excluded middle - correct answer ✔all sentences in the form "A or not A" are
true
conjunction Introduction - correct answer ✔from "A" together with "B" infer "A
and B"
conjunction elimination - correct answer ✔from "A and B" infer A or B
reasoning by case - correct answer ✔from either A or B you can infer C
ie) i'm going to get ice cream this summer
A) i'm going to mexico and i'm getting ice cream
B) i'm going to cuba and i'm getting ice cream
either way i am getting ice cream
expulsion - correct answer ✔from A or not A infer B
truth in - correct answer ✔from A infer A is true
truth out - correct answer ✔from A is true infer A
100% correct 2025
transcendentals - correct answer ✔truth, goodness, beauty
transcendentals terms - correct answer ✔things (res)
one (unum)
something (aliquid)
truth (versum)
goodness (bonum)
transcendental arguments - correct answer ✔1) truth is convertible with
being. truth and being are the same
2) truth of thing is not just likeness of thing
3) if truth was in the mind, then the mind would have to repent the scale to
measure truth
4) if truth were primarily in mind then what is true must primarily be in the mind
insoluble - correct answer ✔used to describe paradoxes that seemed to
have no direct correct answer
insoluble ingredients for the lairs paradox - correct answer ✔1) self reference
2)excluded middle
3) conjunction introduction
4)conjunction elimination
5) reasoning by case
6) expulsion
, 7) truth in
8) truth out
self reference - correct answer ✔sentences that are predictions something
about themselves
ie) the pen is blue
excluded middle - correct answer ✔all sentences in the form "A or not A" are
true
conjunction Introduction - correct answer ✔from "A" together with "B" infer "A
and B"
conjunction elimination - correct answer ✔from "A and B" infer A or B
reasoning by case - correct answer ✔from either A or B you can infer C
ie) i'm going to get ice cream this summer
A) i'm going to mexico and i'm getting ice cream
B) i'm going to cuba and i'm getting ice cream
either way i am getting ice cream
expulsion - correct answer ✔from A or not A infer B
truth in - correct answer ✔from A infer A is true
truth out - correct answer ✔from A is true infer A
